We performed a comparison between Elastic Observability and Grafana based on real PeerSpot user reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Grafana is the preferred choice over Elastic Observability, as it is user-friendly, has flexible integration with other tools, and has customizable dashboards. Grafana has a more accessible interface and efficient customer service, with moderate pricing. Elastic Observability has more features but needs improvements in areas such as machine learning, reporting, and documentation.
"Machine learning is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Good design and easy to use once implemented."
"Elastic Observability significantly improves incident response time by providing quick access to logs and data across various sources. For instance, searching for specific keywords in logs spanning over a month from multiple data sources can be completed within seconds."
"It has always been a stable solution."
"We use AppDynamics and Elastic. The reason why we're using Elastic APM is because of the license count. It's very favorable compared to AppDynamics. It's inexpensive; it's economical."
"I have built a mini business intelligence system based on Elastic Observability."
"Elastic APM has plenty of features, such as the Elastic server for Kibana and many additional plugins. It's a comprehensive tool when used as a logging platform."
"Its diverse set of features available on the cloud is of significant importance."
"Grafana is a very scalable product. It's a really good product."
"It provides a graphical representation and it's clear to see what's happening."
"The integration between Loki and Tempo is valuable."
"The dashboards are the most valuable features."
"The comparison feature is very good."
"The installation process is easy. We have deployed it on the cloud. I have around 20 to 30 people using the solution in my company."
"The most valuable aspect is customization. There are many customizations possible, so I like that."
"Grafana is able to connect with multiple data sources, unlike Elasticsearch."
"Elastic Observability is an excellent product for monitoring and visibility, but it lacks predictive analytics. Most solutions are aligned with the AIOps requirements, but this piece is missing in Elastic and should be included."
"There could be more low-code features included in the product."
"The tool's scalability involves a more complex implementation process. It requires careful calculations to determine the number of nodes needed, the specifications of each node, and the configuration of hot, warm, and cold zones for data storage. Additionally, managing log retention policies adds further complexity. The solution's pricing also needs to be cheaper."
"The interface could be improved."
"Elastic Observability is reactive rather than proactive. It should act as an ITSM tool and be able to create tickets and alerts on Jira."
"The cost must be made more transparent."
"Elastic Observability’s price could be improved."
"Elastic Observability needs to have better standardization, logging, and schema."
"It would be helpful if Grafana provided more information and training on how to use Prometheus."
"It can take a considerable amount of time to learn the graphs if a long duration is selected."
"Its UI features to create charts can also be improved. Some features could have a link to the documentation."
"The formatting could be better."
"We need different kinds of applications in our infrastructure to see information in Grafana."
"It would be helpful if they simplified the data source."
"The service dashboard is very hard and needs improvement."
"Lacks event management which affects our DevOps people."
Elastic Observability is ranked 7th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 22 reviews while Grafana is ranked 6th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 38 reviews. Elastic Observability is rated 7.8, while Grafana is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Elastic Observability writes "The user interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Grafana writes "Agent-free with great dashboards and an active community". Elastic Observability is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, Sentry and Zabbix, whereas Grafana is most compared with New Relic, Azure Monitor, Sentry, Dynatrace and Honeycomb.io. See our Elastic Observability vs. Grafana report.
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