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Elastic Search vs Rockset comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Vector Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (9th), Search as a Service (1st)
Rockset
Ranking in Vector Databases
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (41st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 5.4%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rockset is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

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.
Raghavendra Sao - PeerSpot reviewer
Used to get data from the database faster
Rockset is an easy tool, and anyone can use it. The solution provides some type of data grouping. This grouping of data based on some parameters is not simple, but it is very useful. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides deep visibility into your cloud and distributed applications, from microservices to serverless architectures. It quickly identifies and resolves the root causes of issues, like gaining visibility into all the cloud-based and on-prem applications."
"The most valuable feature is the out of the box Kibana."
"I find the solution to be fast."
"I really like the visualization that you can do within it. That's really handy. Product-wise, it is a very good and stable product."
"We can easily collect all the data and view historical trends using the product. We can view the applications and identify the issues effectively."
"The solution is quite scalable and this is one of its advantages."
"The special text processing features in this solution are very important for me."
"The solution is very good with no issues or glitches."
"The initial setup was very simple."
"Rockset is very fast, and you can query just like in MySQL."
 

Cons

"An improvement would be to have an interface that allows easier navigation and tracing of logs."
"Elastic Search needs to improve authentication. It also needs to work on the Kibana visualization dashboard."
"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."
"There are potential improvements based on our client feedback, like unifying the licensing cost structure."
"The one area that can use improvement is the automapping of fields."
"I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms."
"I found an issue with Elasticsearch in terms of aggregation. They are good, yet the rules written for this are not really good."
"Could have more open source tools and testing."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are paying $1,500 a month to use the solution. If you want to have endpoint protection you need to pay more."
"To access all the features available you require both the open source license and the production license."
"The solution is not expensive because users have the option of choosing the managed or the subscription model."
"Although the ELK Elasticsearch software is open-source, we buy the hardware."
"ELK has been considered as an alternative to Splunk to reduce licensing costs."
"The price of Elasticsearch is fair. It is a more expensive solution, like QRadar. The price for Elasticsearch is not much more than other solutions we have."
"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."
"I rate Elastic Search's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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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?
I don't know about pricing. That is dealt with by the sales team and our account team. I was not involved with that.
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
I found an issue with Elasticsearch in terms of aggregation. They are good, yet the rules written for this are not really good. There is a maximum of 10,000 entries, so the limitation means that if...
What needs improvement with Rockset?
For our use, there is no room for improvement. It depends on how you use it, however, from our perspective, it has met our needs.
What is your primary use case for Rockset?
We used Rockset as an SQL interface on some of DynamoDB. Our use case is primarily for customer-facing data reporting.
What advice do you have for others considering Rockset?
Rockset is now bought by OpenAI. It’s uncertain if Rockset will continue to exist as it is. OpenAI may have its own agenda for it. They have started canceling some contracts with customers, so this...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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