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Elastic Search vs MuleSoft Composer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.2
Elastic Search offers efficiency and cost-saving benefits, though some face limited returns due to licensing and implementation issues.
Sentiment score
7.6
MuleSoft Composer enhances efficiency, reduces costs, improves time-to-market, and increases value with easy integration and better data accuracy.
We have not purchased any licensed products, and our use of Elastic Search is purely open-source, contributing positively to our ROI.
It is stable, and we do not encounter critical issues like server downtime, which could result in data loss.
The main benefits observed from using Elastic Search include improvements in operational efficiency, along with cost, time, and resource savings.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Elastic Search's support is praised for responsiveness but criticized for delays, with users often relying on community resources.
Sentiment score
7.3
Users commend MuleSoft Composer's responsive and professional customer service team for efficient problem-solving and quick resolution times.
The customer support for Elastic Search is one of the best I have ever tried.
They have always been really responsible and responsive to my requests.
I would rate technical support from Elastic Search as three out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Elastic Search offers scalable expansion, accommodating data growth and diverse needs, though it presents challenges with disaster recovery.
Sentiment score
7.0
MuleSoft Composer is highly rated for scalability, efficiently managing varying data volumes and adaptable for organizations of all sizes.
I would rate its scalability a ten.
Since we're on the cloud, whenever we need to upgrade or add resources, they handle everything.
I can actually add more storage and memory because I host it in the cloud.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Elastic Search is highly regarded for stability, despite occasional memory challenges, with users rating it between seven and ten.
Sentiment score
7.0
Users find MuleSoft Composer stable and well-performing, despite occasional glitches quickly resolved by support.
The data transfer sometimes exceeded the bandwidth limits without proper notification, which caused issues.
The stability of Elasticsearch was very high.
Elastic Search is quite stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Elasticsearch needs improvements in security, scalability, tool integration, user experience, support, and cost clarity to enhance usability.
MuleSoft Composer needs better platform integrations, interface, scalability, AI integration, and support for complex data and API sharing challenges.
This can create problems for new developers because they have to quickly switch to another version.
It is primarily based on Unix or Linux-based operating systems and cannot be easily configured in Windows systems.
The consistency and stability of Elasticsearch are commendable, and they should keep up the good work.
 

Setup Cost

Elastic Search is open-source, but enterprise features and managed services can significantly increase costs and create pricing complexity.
MuleSoft Composer is considered costly, especially in Brazil and India, with users recommending a 20%-30% price reduction.
We used the open-source version of Elasticsearch, which was free.
Elastic pushes clients to buy the Enterprise edition instead of the Premium edition, and we don't see the value in that other than to spend more money more quickly.
 

Valuable Features

Elastic Search offers fast, scalable log monitoring, data indexing, visualization, robust queries, and machine learning, enhancing usability and stability.
MuleSoft Composer offers Salesforce integration, ease of use, API sharing, prebuilt connectors, and effective data handling, monitoring, and notifications.
Elastic Search makes handling large data volumes efficient and supports complex search operations.
The most valuable feature of Elasticsearch was the quick search capability, allowing us to search by any criteria needed.
The speed with which Elastic Search is able to search through all of the documents we place into it is quite remarkable, as we search through 65 billion documents in less than a second in most cases, on a constant consistent basis.
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (3rd)
MuleSoft Composer
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (25th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 2.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Composer is 1.3%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Elastic Search2.0%
MuleSoft Composer1.3%
Other96.7%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Louis McCoy - PeerSpot reviewer
Searches through billions of documents have become impressively fast and consistent
The seamless scalability is something I see as among the best features Elastic Search offers. The speed with which Elastic Search is able to search through all of the documents we place into it is quite remarkable, as we search through 65 billion documents in less than a second in most cases, on a constant consistent basis. I find configuring relevant searches within Elastic Search platform very straightforward. Elastic Search is easily scalable. The customer support for Elastic Search is quite good. I advise others looking into using Elastic Search to think about the future of your platform and where you intend it to be in five years, and based on that, which version of Elastic Search best suits the needs of your platform. Additionally, jump into the AI products first as you're in the planning phase so that as you're filling out your data, the AI products and machine learning products can enrich the data real-time early on in the process, which will save you a lot of time later. The overall performance of the platform, scalability of the platform and other additional features, especially when it comes to AI, really earn the nine.
Prince Barai - PeerSpot reviewer
The prebuilt connectors save a lot of time and money, but the customer support and price must be improved
Our customer’s system is very old. We are trying to upgrade it. We are extracting data from the system and sending it to Salesforce. The product is a good option if we want to build process automation for data. It can be done quickly through the tool. We need not do coding and waste our time and efforts. The ease of learning depends on the person who is learning the product. It depends on whether they come from a developer background. It would be easy to learn if they have some experience in coding and have worked on integrations. I haven’t faced many challenges while scaling our integration solutions with MuleSoft Composer. The drag-and-drop interface has not impacted our project deployment time much. The customer support and price can be improved. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise36
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ELK Elasticsearch?
Logsign provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements. The indexing is very high, making it effective for storing and retrieving logs. The real-time anal...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
We used the open-source version of Elasticsearch, which was free.
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
We could benefit from refining the machine learning models that we currently use in Elastic Search, along with the possibility to integrate agents, intelligent artificial intelligence, form of agen...
What do you like most about MuleSoft Composer?
The way Composer organizes and manages integration processes is most beneficial. We can easily monitor what's running and what isn't and troubleshoot any data integration issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MuleSoft Composer?
It's costly, especially for Indian clients. Reducing the price would help them penetrate the Indian market. A two-year license costs around seventy lakhs rupees. It's a considerable amount.
What needs improvement with MuleSoft Composer?
Configuration could be easier, but we were able to handle it. It seems that juniors find it challenging, but seniors like me know how to configure it properly. There are no issues. There is also on...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
MuleSoft Composer for Salesforce
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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