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ChatGPT vs Elastic Search comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ChatGPT
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
AI Writing Tools (4th), AI Code Assistants (6th), Large Language Models (LLMs) (4th), AI Proofreading Tools (3rd)
Elastic Search
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (9th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

ChatGPT and Elastic Search aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. ChatGPT is designed for Large Language Models (LLMs) and holds a mindshare of 6.2%, up 5.0% compared to last year.
Elastic Search, on the other hand, focuses on Indexing and Search, holds 23.7% mindshare, down 27.2% since last year.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Indexing and Search
 

Featured Reviews

Malte Landwehr - PeerSpot reviewer
Using technology helps streamline research, improve writing skills, and brainstorm creative ideas
I don't have one use case. I have many. I use ChatGPT for creativity and brainstorming. I often use it to generate ten or twenty ideas for a topic, and that often helps me to then pick which direction I actually want to go into. I use it to fine-tune my writing skills. When I write an important…
Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Captures data from all other sources and becomes a MOM aka monitoring of monitors
Scalability and ROI are the areas they have to improve. Their license terms are based on the number of cores. If you increase the number of cores, it becomes very difficult to manage at a large scale. For example, if I have a $3 million project, I won't sell it because if we're dealing with a 10 TB or 50 TB system, there are a lot of systems and applications to monitor, and I have to make an MOM (Mean of Max) for everything. This is because of the cost impact. Also, when you have horizontal scaling, it's like a multi-story building with only one elevator. You have to run around, and it's not efficient. Even the smallest task becomes difficult. That's the problem with horizontal scaling. They need to improve this because if they increase the cores and adjust the licensing accordingly, it would make more sense.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup was very simple."
"Rockset is very fast, and you can query just like in MySQL."
"I would rate ChatGPT a nine on a scale of one to ten."
"The observability is the best available because it provides granular insights that identify reasons for defects."
"The solution is very good with no issues or glitches."
"The flexibility and the support for diverse languages that it provides for searching the database are most valuable. We can use different languages to query the database."
"The product is scalable with good performance."
"Elastic Search makes handling large data volumes efficient and supports complex search operations."
"The initial installation and setup were straightforward."
"The most valuable features of Elastic Enterprise Search are it's cloud-ready and we do a lot of infrastructure as code. By using ELK, we're able to deploy the solution as part of our ISC deployment."
"I value the feature that allows me to share the dashboards to different people with different levels of access."
 

Cons

"Filtering the database based on indexes is difficult in Rockset and should be simplified."
"Rockset is now bought by OpenAI. It’s uncertain if Rockset will continue to exist as it is."
"Both the graph feature and the reporting feature are a little bit lacking. The alerting also needs to be improved."
"This product could be improved with additional security, and the addition of support for machine learning devices."
"It was not possible to use authentication three years back. You needed to buy the product's services for authentication."
"Its licensing needs to be improved. They don't offer a perpetual license. They want to know how many nodes you will be using, and they ask for an annual subscription. Otherwise, they don't give you permission to use it. Our customers are generally military or police departments or customers without connection to the internet. Therefore, this model is not suitable for us. This subscription-based model is not the best for OEM vendors. Another annoying thing about Elasticsearch is its roadmap. We are developing something, and then they say, "Okay. We have removed that feature in this release," and when we are adapting to that release, they say, "Okay. We have removed that one as well." We don't know what they will remove in the next version. They are not looking for backward compatibility from the customers' perspective. They just remove a feature and say, "Okay. We've removed this one." In terms of new features, it should have an ODBC driver so that you can search and integrate this product with existing BI tools and reporting tools. Currently, you need to go for third parties, such as CData, in order to achieve this. ODBC driver is the most important feature required. Its Community Edition does not have security features. For example, you cannot authenticate with a username and password. It should have security features. They might have put it in the latest release."
"Elastic Search should provide better guides for developers."
"The real-time search functionality is not operational due to its impact on system resources."
"Elastic Enterprise Search could improve the report templates."
"There is another solution I'm testing which has a 500 record limit when you do a search on Elastic Enterprise Search. That's the only area in which I'm not sure whether it's a limitation on our end in terms of knowledge or a technical limitation from Elastic Enterprise Search. There is another solution we are looking at that rides on Elastic Enterprise Search. And the limit is for any sort of records that you're doing or data analysis you're trying to do, you can only extract 500 records at a time. I know the open-source nature has a lot of limitations, Otherwise, Elastic Enterprise Search is a fantastic solution and I'd recommend it to anyone."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is not expensive because users have the option of choosing the managed or the subscription model."
"We are paying $1,500 a month to use the solution. If you want to have endpoint protection you need to pay more."
"Although the ELK Elasticsearch software is open-source, we buy the hardware."
"The solution is less expensive than Stackdriver and Grafana."
"We are using the open-sourced version."
"This is a free, open source software (FOSS) tool, which means no cost on the front-end. There are no free lunches in this world though. Technical skill to implement and support are costly on the back-end with ELK, whether you train/hire internally or go for premium services from Elastic."
"To access all the features available you require both the open source license and the production license."
"The pricing structure depends on the scalability steps."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ChatGPT?
I think it's pretty good. No recommendations.
What is your primary use case for ChatGPT?
I don't have one use case. I have many. I use ChatGPT for creativity and brainstorming. I often use it to generate ten or twenty ideas for a topic, and that often helps me to then pick which direct...
What advice do you have for others considering ChatGPT?
Just use it. Just don't be afraid to use it. Just go with it. I would rate ChatGPT a nine on a scale of one to ten. It's really, really good.
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?
It would be useful if a feature for renaming indices could be added without affecting the performance of other features. However, overall, the consistency and stability of Elasticsearch are already...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Rockset
Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
 

Overview

 

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