Elastic Observability vs Huawei eSight comparison

Elastic and Huawei are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Elastic is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.9, while Huawei is ranked #34 with an average rating of 9.0. Elastic holds a 1.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Huawei’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Elastic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 72% of Huawei users who would recommend it.

Elastic Observability

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72% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Huawei eSight and Elastic Observability compete in enhancing enterprise network management and monitoring capabilities. eSight appears advantageous in pricing and support, whereas Elastic stands out with its robust feature set for advanced functionalities.

Features: Huawei eSight offers comprehensive network monitoring with support for diverse devices, centralized control over heterogeneous environments, and clear performance visualization. Elastic Observability provides advanced data analytics, real-time insights into operational data, and extensive search capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Huawei eSight could enhance its data analytics capabilities, improve scalability for cloud-based infrastructures, and integrate more open-source solutions. Elastic Observability may improve tailored support options, streamline setup processes for enterprise environments, and optimize its pricing model for smaller enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Huawei eSight deploys with enterprise-focused integration and offers dedicated support channels, making it suitable for seamless network infrastructure integration. Elastic Observability emphasizes flexibility with strong community and technical documentation, appealing to those using open-source models.

Pricing and ROI: Huawei eSight provides competitive pricing, appealing to large-scale enterprises needing cost-effective solutions with clear ROI through enhanced performance. Elastic Observability, despite higher setup costs, justifies long-term ROI with powerful analytics and insights. The choice depends on whether an organization prioritizes budget efficiency or advanced analytics with scalable returns.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Observability

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (10th), Log Management (15th), Container Monitoring (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Huawei eSight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

34th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Management Applications (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Elastic Observability is 1.5%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei eSight is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Elastic Observability	1.5%
Huawei eSight	0.8%
Other	97.7%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Mohammed-Abdelalim

Assistant Vice President at QualityKiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Has provided powerful customization for unique monitoring needs but needs more out-of-the-box capabilities

In my opinion, the best features of Elastic Observability are their flexibility to integrate with other existing systems and the ability to build a unified monitoring tool that can integrate with existing ones and end-to-end user journeys which require a lot of customizations. The greatest feature in Elastic is the ability to customize. This is similar to my comments about customizable dashboards in Elastic because it's visible to the analyst. However, it's very great. Customizing these dashboards can meet the customer's specific use cases and specific stories that they have in their environment, their special environment that doesn't look like other environments. The dashboarding in Elastic is highly customizable to the level of logos. If the customer wants his company logo in the dashboard, it can be done.

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Gary Strydom

Desktop Analyst at Transnet

Used to monitor devices and provides the hardware alarms feature

Huawei eSight has helped me overcome many monitoring aspects of the hardware. From a single view, I can monitor all the hardware. Instead of logging on to each piece of hardware and monitoring it individually, I can monitor them from one single point. I would recommend the solution to other users because it provides a single point of view of the hardware. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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."

"It is a powerful tool that allows users to collect and transform logs as needed, enabling flexible visualization and analysis."

"The architecture and system's stability are simple."

"The solution has been stable in our usage."

"Good design and easy to use once implemented."

"It's easy to deploy, and it's very flexible."

"The tool's most valuable feature is centralized logging. Elastic Common Search helps us to search for the logs across the organization."

"The Elastic User Interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. You need to have some Javascript knowledge. We need that knowledge to develop new custom tests."

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"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices."

"The product is stable."

"I like that it supports all our Huawei devices. Unlike other network monitoring tools that monitor Huawei devices, it provides more details when it comes to monitoring or management. We can get complete details about the devices, and management is also simple."

"Huawei eSight provides businesses with monitoring capabilities of network devices across your network."

"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."

"We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers."

"I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime."

"We can scale the solution."

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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 cost must be made more transparent."

"Elastic Observability could improve asset discovery as the current requirement to push the agent is not ideal."

"The solution would be better if it was capable of more automation, especially in a monitoring capacity or for the response to abnormalities."

"Elastic Observability needs to have better standardization, logging, and schema."

"They need more skills in the market. There are not enough skills in the market. It is not pervasive enough on the market, in my opinion. In other words, there isn't a big enough user base."

"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."

"The only challenging aspect for new users is often writing the query language."

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"This solution could be improved by offering monitoring for all devices and not only Huawei devices."

"The price could be less costly."

"The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better."

"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

"It is not a very flexible product."

"Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange."

"The variety of license types should be made simpler as, at present, it is complex."

"It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We will buy a premium license after POC."

"We have been using the open-source version."

"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."

"Elastic Observability's pricing could be better for small-scale users."

"Elastic Observability is cheaper than other similar solutions, such as Dynatrace. Its license calculation is based on various factors like data volume and physical infrastructure, particularly related to RAM capacity."

"Users have to pay for some features, like the alerts on different channels, because they are unavailable in different source versions."

"Since we are a huge company, Elastic Observability is an affordable solution for us."

"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."

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"The price is very expensive."

"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."

"Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing."

"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."

"The pricing for Huawei eSight is reasonable, especially with the base license and incremental licenses for additional devices. However, the variety of license types can be a bit complex. We used to sell eSight but switched to another solution, so we're not actively trading it anymore."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Elastic Observability?

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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Observability?

The problem is their licensing model, which is a bit confusing. Many customers struggle to understand their total cost of ownership because Elastic licensing is not dependent on easy, quantifiable ...

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What needs improvement with Elastic Observability?

After careful consideration about areas for improvement in Elastic Observability, aspects such as pricing, customization, implementation, and scalability could be improved. As a user of the system,...

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What needs improvement with Huawei eSight?

Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange.

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What is your primary use case for Huawei eSight?

We use the solution to monitor the hardware environment of our data center. We mainly use Huawei eSight to monitor the devices. It assists in monitoring our devices in terms of utilization and moni...

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What advice do you have for others considering Huawei eSight?

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Overview

Elastic Observability offers a comprehensive suite for log analytics, application performance monitoring, and machine learning. It integrates seamlessly with platforms like Teams and Slack, enhancing data visualization and scalability for real-time insights.

Elastic Observability is designed to support production environments with features like logging, data collection, and infrastructure tracking. Centralized logging and powerful search functionalities make incident response and performance tracking efficient. Elastic APM and Kibana facilitate detailed data visualization, promoting rapid troubleshooting and effective system performance analysis. Integrated services and extensive connectivity options enhance its role in business and technical decision-making by providing actionable data insights.

What are the most important features of Elastic Observability?

Centralized Logging: Streamlines the collection, analysis, and storage of log data.
Powerful Search: Provides robust search capabilities for quick access to relevant information.
Scalability: Supports growing data needs across diverse environments.
Real-time Telemetry: Ensures up-to-date insights and monitoring.
Platform Integration: Seamlessly connects with services like Teams and Slack.
Data Visualization: Enhances visibility with Elastic APM and Kibana.

What benefits and ROI should users explore in reviews?

Cost-effectiveness: Offers significant savings through efficient data management.
Rapid Incident Response: Minimizes downtime with quick troubleshooting tools.
Comprehensive Insights: Supports better business decisions with detailed data analysis.
Performance Tracking: Enables assessment of system effectiveness and improvements.

Elastic Observability is employed across industries for critical operations, such as in finance for transaction monitoring, in healthcare for secure data management, and in technology for optimizing application performance. Its data-driven approach aids efficient event tracing, supporting diverse industry requirements.

Elastic

Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.

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PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank

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