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We performed a comparison between Elastic Observability and Grafana Enterprise Stack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Elastic Observability vs. Grafana Enterprise Stack Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The tool's most valuable feature is centralized logging. Elastic Common Search helps us to search for the logs across the organization.""For full stack observability, Elastic is the best tool compared with any other tool .""The architecture and system's stability are simple.""We can view and connect different sources to the dashboard using it.""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.""Machine learning is the most valuable feature of this solution.""The ability to ensure that the data is searchable and maintainable is highly valuable for our purposes.""Its diverse set of features available on the cloud is of significant importance."

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"The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance, from 10 AM to 2 PM, we may experience high memory utilization. It helps us to solve these issues.""The most valuable features of Grafana for data visualization are its ability to create intuitive dashboards and its wide range of visualization options like graphs, charts, and tables.""The most valuable feature of Grafana Enterprise Stack is the dashboards."

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Cons
"The solution needs to use more AI. Once the product onboards AI, users would more effectively be able to track endpoints for specific messages.""The auto-discovery isn't nearly as good. That's a big portion of it. When you drop the agent onto the JVM and you're trying to figure things out, having to go through and manually do all that is cumbersome.""Elastic Observability is difficult to use. There are only three options for customization but this can be difficult for our use case. We do not have other options to choose the metrics shown, such as CPU or memory usage.""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 interface could be improved.""There is room for improvement regarding its APM capabilities.""In the future, Elastic APM needs a portfolio iTool. They can provide an easy way to develop the custom UI for Kibana.""Elastic Observability needs to improve the retrieval of logs and metrics from all the instances."

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"The solution should include integration with Power BI.""I have encountered occasional issues with false inputs or incorrect data in Grafana.""The tool needs to show only fewer updates."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "So far, there are just the standard licensing fees. Several of the components are embedded in the license or are even open source. They're even free depending on what you use, which makes it even more appealing to someone that is discussing pricing of the solution."
  • "There are two types: cloud and SaaS. They charge based on data ingestion, ingest rate, hard retention, and warm retention. I believe it costs around $25,000 annually to ingest 30GB of data daily. That is the SaaS version. There is also a self-managed license where the customer manages their own infrastructure on-prem. In such cases, there are three license tiers that respectively cost $5,000 annually per node, $7,000 per node, and $12,500 per node."
  • "Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay."
  • "The price of Elastic Observability is expensive."
  • "Users have to pay for some features, like the alerts on different channels, because they are unavailable in different source versions."
  • "One needs to pay for the licenses, and it is an annual subscription model right now."
  • "Since we are a huge company, Elastic Observability is an affordable solution for us."
  • "We will buy a premium license after POC."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:I rate the pricing a five out of ten. The product is not that cheap.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance… more »
    Top Answer:The tool needs to show only fewer updates.
    Top Answer:I use Grafana Enterprise Stack primarily to monitor the metrics of Selenoid, focusing on checking the CPU, iOS, network, and additional metrics. I create dashboards to check the status of these… more »
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    Overview
    To effectively monitor and gain insights across your distributed systems, you need to have all your observability data in one stack. Break down silos by bringing together application, infrastructure, and user data into a unified solution for end-to-end observability and alerting.
    Rely on the most widely deployed observability platform available, built on the proven Elastic Stack (also known as the ELK Stack) to converge silos, delivering unified visibility and actionable insights.

    Grafana Enterprise Stack is a powerful tool for real-time data monitoring and visualization. With its flexible and scalable features, it is widely used for creating dashboards, analyzing metrics, and gaining insights into infrastructure, databases, and applications. 

    Its valuable features include powerful visualization capabilities, extensive data source integrations, customizable dashboards, a user-friendly interface, and a robust alerting system. Users appreciate its flexibility, scalability, and ability to integrate with different data sources, making it suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases.

    Sample Customers
    PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank
    1. Uber 2. PayPal 3. eBay 4. Sony 5. Red Hat 6. IBM 7. Cisco 8. Adobe 9. Expedia 10. Booking.com 11. Airbnb 12. LinkedIn 13. Twitter 14. Netflix 15. Spotify 16. Pinterest 17. Slack 18. GitLab 19. Docker 20. Atlassian 21. Salesforce 22. Microsoft 23. Google 24. Amazon 25. Facebook 26. Apple 27. Intel 28. Oracle 29. SAP 30. VMware 31. HP 32. Dell
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company27%
    Manufacturing Company18%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Healthcare Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Healthcare Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Insurance Company11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%
    Buyer's Guide
    Elastic Observability vs. Grafana Enterprise Stack
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Elastic Observability vs. Grafana Enterprise Stack and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,157 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Elastic Observability is ranked 10th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 22 reviews while Grafana Enterprise Stack is ranked 55th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 3 reviews. Elastic Observability is rated 7.8, while Grafana Enterprise Stack is rated 7.6. 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 Enterprise Stack writes "Offers simplicity and effectiveness in handling our monitoring needs". Elastic Observability is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, Azure Monitor and Sentry, whereas Grafana Enterprise Stack is most compared with PRTG Network Monitor, OpsRamp, Dell CloudIQ and EV Observe. See our Elastic Observability vs. Grafana Enterprise Stack report.

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