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Elastic Search vs Palantir Foundry 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
3.9
Companies using Elastic Search experience operational efficiencies, faster response times, cost savings, and improved system performance with open-source benefits.
Sentiment score
5.4
Organizations praise Palantir Foundry's user efficiency, noting reduced costs and processes despite challenges measuring precise financial returns.
We have not purchased any licensed products, and our use of Elastic Search is purely open-source, contributing positively to our ROI.
Software Engineer at Government of India
It is stable, and we do not encounter critical issues like server downtime, which could result in data loss.
SOC A2 at Innodata-ISOGEN
The main benefits observed from using Elastic Search include improvements in operational efficiency, along with cost, time, and resource savings.
Senior Devops Engineer at Ubique Digital LTD
With traditional development requiring many specialized roles, Palantir Foundry allows us to operate efficiently with fewer personnel.
Data Engineering Specialist at LTM
I haven't seen a return on investment with Palantir Foundry.
Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Elastic Search's customer service is praised for expertise and resources, though response times can vary after contracts.
Sentiment score
7.2
Users appreciate Palantir Foundry's responsive support but desire more immediate solutions and enhanced knowledge resources.
For P1 tickets, they provide very immediate quick responses and join calls to support and troubleshoot the issue accordingly.
Elastic Engineer at The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
The customer support for Elastic Search is one of the best I have ever tried.
Software Developer at a media company with 10,001+ employees
They have always been really responsible and responsive to my requests.
Security Lead at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
They are knowledgeable, and their boot camps demonstrate solutions in just three days, which typically takes months or years.
Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
Whenever Palantir Foundry introduces a new product, the Palantir people come and train us on new applications.
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
They provided support and managed all incidents, and we gave them our feedback so they could communicate directly with Palantir Foundry's development team.
Data Ops Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Elastic Search excels in scalable data management on cloud platforms, efficiently handling unstructured data and large user numbers.
Sentiment score
7.3
Palantir Foundry is scalable and flexible for businesses, but can be costly, requiring careful management to avoid performance issues.
We can search through that document quite easily, sometimes in 7 milliseconds, sometimes one or two milliseconds.
Product Engineer at A3L
Performance tests involving one million requests at once, we encountered issues with shards and nodes not upscaling as needed, leading to crashes and minimal data loss.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate its scalability a ten.
Backend Developer
For scalability, I would rate it ten out of ten because you have a lot of flexibility.
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Regarding scalability, if you have billions and trillions of records, Palantir Foundry accommodates ETL pipelines with a dedicated compute profile.
Data Engineering Specialist at LTM
I find the scalability of Palantir Foundry suitable to grow according to the client's needs.
Data Ops Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Elastic Search is stable for up to one terabyte, with slowness often due to system resources, not the software.
Sentiment score
8.0
Palantir Foundry is praised for stability and reliability, efficiently handling large datasets, with minor occasional issues.
The data transfer sometimes exceeded the bandwidth limits without proper notification, which caused issues.
SOC A2 at Innodata-ISOGEN
The stability of Elasticsearch was very high.
Backend Developer
When you put one keyword, everything related to that keyword in your ecosystem will showcase all the results.
Chief Information Security Officer at CDSL Ventures Limited
I get more technical support from Palantir.
Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek enhancements in Elastic Search's mapping, scalability, interface, AI features, and support, highlighting memory, pricing, and security issues.
Palantir Foundry faces high costs, scalability issues, and usability challenges, needing better integration, security, and improved documentation.
From a technical point of view, there are no significant issues recalled as Elastic Search has been absolutely awesome for this use case and covers 100% of the needs.
Principal Scientific Computing Software Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
If I need to parse one million records saved into Elastic Search, it becomes a nightmare because I need to do the pagination, and it is very problematic in that regard.
Lead Engineer at Spidersilk
Observability features like search latency, indexing rate, and maybe rejected requests should be added to make the platform more reliable and accessible for everyone.
Senior System Engineer at EPAM Systems
Palantir Foundry also needs to change the traditional data management approach from one-directional to bi-directional, near real-time data flow everywhere, which they address through data virtualization.
Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
The major hindrance with Palantir Foundry is that being a very closed product, the cost optimization and costing are not exposed to the end users.
Architect at L&T Technology Services
Palantir Foundry has created some wrappers around the models, allowing us to create using a no-code application, chatbots, and LLM functions.
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Elastic Search's flexible pricing starts affordably but can increase significantly with scalability, features, and managed services.
Palantir Foundry's high upfront cost is offset by long-term savings and improved data management for many organizations.
On the AWS side, it is very expensive because they charge based on query basis or how much data is transferred in and out, making it very expensive.
Lead Engineer at Spidersilk
Having the hosted solution and not having to pay for essentially a DevOps person on staff to manage makes it affordable.
CTO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
You can host it on-premises, which would incur zero cost, or take it as a SaaS-based service, where the expenses remain minimal.
Senior Software Engineer at Agoda
Its high initial pricing can be intimidating, but it becomes cost-effective as it reduces the need for a development team.
Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
In terms of getting a contractor to work on that, I would probably say it is more expensive because there are fewer people with that skillset compared to, say, Databricks or Azure.
Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I worked closely with a management colleague who explained how they check for cost based on user activity and individual vertical usage.
Data Engineering Specialist at LTM
 

Valuable Features

Elastic Search offers advanced search, scalability, speed, cost-effectiveness, machine learning, and seamless integration, enhancing its overall appeal.
Palantir Foundry enhances data analysis and collaboration with user-friendly tools, security, and scalable, centralized data management features.
Elastic Search makes handling large data volumes efficient and supports complex search operations.
Software Engineer at Government of India
The most valuable feature of Elasticsearch was the quick search capability, allowing us to search by any criteria needed.
Backend Developer
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.
Director, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The predictive analytics capability within Palantir Foundry impacts financial forecasting strategies through its AIP functionality, which includes numerous pre-built models, LLMs, and data science application libraries.
Architect at L&T Technology Services
The main advantage is you can decentralize the analytics, and you will have everything in one place, so that you do not need to rely on multiple departments working on different tools.
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
The digital twins concept allows bi-directional data and process integration between virtual and physical worlds.
Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (2nd)
Palantir Foundry
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (13th), IT Operations Analytics (8th), Supply Chain Analytics (1st), Data Migration Appliances (3rd), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (1st), Data and Analytics Service Providers (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 1.7%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palantir Foundry is 4.3%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Elastic Search1.7%
Palantir Foundry4.3%
Other94.0%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2817942 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Logging and vector search have transformed observability and empowered reliable ai agents
Elastic Search is not specifically being used for certain purposes. I deploy Elastic Search database on the cloud and use cloud services so that nobody can attack. However, I do not use Elastic Search to resolve attack issues. The basic main purpose of Elastic Search, as of now, I feel it can do more in the AI area. Sometime I saw that when I am developing RAG and have to generate the embeddings, which I call metadata, sometimes it tries to fail. That durability or issue handling should be improved, but apart from that, I did not find anything as of now. As per my use case, whatever I am using seems pretty good. Apart from that, some definitely improvement will be there. One improvement is that it should be faster. Whenever I am searching any logs, it takes much time. For example, if I open my log in Notepad or a similar tool, I can search the text within a second. With Elastic Search, it takes a little bit of time, ten to fifteen seconds. That can be improved. Sometimes, engineers take time to assign when I create a ticket.
reviewer2845668 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Data pipelines have improved reporting workflows but raise concerns about ethics and future lock in
I wouldn't add more about the needed improvements, either on the technical side or regarding compatibility and integration.Obviously the company's reputation needs to be improved regarding Palantir Foundry, or ideally, Palantir needs to get away from the appalling views on human rights and improve the reputation. Whether it can be improved, I don't know. This is not a technological problem; it is a problem of company image, so I wouldn't be surprised if the NHS actually triggers a break clause in the contract in February next year. That is not linked to the product itself. From a technical perspective, maybe to make Palantir Foundry more compatible with Databricks could be one option, or maybe more integrated with Azure. It is difficult to say because they might lose some of their competitive advantage in doing so.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise47
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise18
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search is easy to use in Azure cloud. Mostly, my full company uses Azure cloud, so it is easy to use. Cost-wise, my company found Elastic Search is good. Cost matters. Based on cost and use...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search is not specifically being used for certain purposes. I deploy Elastic Search database on the cloud and use cloud services so that nobody can attack. However, I do not use Elastic Sea...
What is your primary use case for ELK Elasticsearch?
I have been using Elastic Search for the last five years. I have a couple of use cases. First, I use it for logging purposes and observability logging of our product. In Azure, Elastic Search has g...
What needs improvement with Palantir Foundry?
Regarding points for improvement for Palantir Foundry, I see that they are improving day by day. In the last one to two years, I have seen many improvements compared to the two years that I have wo...
What is your primary use case for Palantir Foundry?
There are several use cases that we are working on with Palantir Foundry. The first thing is for data model creation for all our data engineering pipelines. That is one use case. Palantir Foundry a...
What advice do you have for others considering Palantir Foundry?
The visualization part in Palantir Foundry works for me at least if I want to see how the data is structured and for an initial analysis, but I would say it is not as matured as Power BI or Tableau...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
Merck KGaA, Airbus, Ferrari,United States Intelligence Community, United States Department of Defense
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