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Elastic Search vs Striim comparison

 

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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

Elastic Search
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (6th)
Striim
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
27th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (46th), Streaming Analytics (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 1.7%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Striim is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Elastic Search1.7%
Striim1.1%
Other97.2%
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.
reviewer2858520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable change data capture has kept critical databases synchronized in real time
I consider the best features that Striim offers to be great performance and a large number of sources and targets that can be connected. Striim is capable of absorbing a large number of transactions, and the difference between the two databases is always less than a second, which demonstrates efficiency and highlights the variety of sources and targets I have used. Striim has had a positive impact on my organization as it has solved stability issues that I had with other tools.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Elasticsearch includes a graphical user interface (GUI) called Kibana, and the GUI features are extremely beneficial to us."
"Data indexing of historical data is the most beneficial feature of the product."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its utility and usefulness."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the Discovery option for the visualization of logs on a GPU instead of on the server."
"The most valuable features are its user-friendly interface and seamless navigation."
"It is easy to scale with the cluster node model.​"
"Dashboard is very customizable."
"The product is scalable with good performance."
"Striim is capable of absorbing a large number of transactions, and the difference between the two databases is always less than a second, which demonstrates efficiency and highlights the variety of sources and targets I have used."
 

Cons

"Performance improvement could come from skipping background refresh on search idle shards (which is already being addressed in the upcoming seventh version)."
"They could simplify the Filebeat and Logstash configuration piece. There are a lot of manual steps on the operating system."
"The setup is somewhat complicated due to multiple dependencies and relations with different systems."
"Elastic Enterprise Search could improve the report templates."
"Both the graph feature and the reporting feature are a little bit lacking. The alerting also needs to be improved."
"While Elastic Search is a good product, I see areas for improvement, particularly regarding the misconception that any amount of data can simply be dumped into Elastic Search."
"Scalability of Elastic Search presents disadvantages, particularly when handling minimal or production-level data."
"The solution has quite a steep learning curve. The usability and general user-friendliness could be improved."
"I think Striim could be improved with better pricing and enhanced documentation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the Community Edition because Elasticsearch's licensing model is not flexible or suitable for us. They ask for an annual subscription. We also got the development consultancy from Elasticsearch for 60 days or something like that, but they were just trying to do the same trick. That's why we didn't purchase it. We are just using the Community Edition."
"It can move from $10,000 US Dollars per year to any price based on how powerful you need the searches to be and the capacity in terms of storage and process."
"We are using the open-sourced version."
"The pricing structure depends on the scalability steps."
"​The pricing and license model are clear: node-based model."
"There is a free version, and there is also a hosted version for which you have to pay. We're currently using the free version. If things go well, we might go for the paid version."
"The price of Elastic Enterprise is very, very competitive."
"The price could be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Healthcare Company
15%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise50
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
I have not checked Elastic Search's pricing thoroughly, so I do not know how a company would perceive it. From what I see, small companies might consider the cost, with starting pricing for a singl...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Your question about what I dislike about Elastic Search is quite pointed, and I prefer to look at it as something for improvement, such as provisioning options other than Kibana. A standalone insta...
What is your primary use case for ELK Elasticsearch?
I am familiar with Elastic Search to a certain extent as I have used it in my development life. I thought someone wanted feedback about it, specifically how I have used it in my career, so I agreed...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Striim?
My experience with the pricing, implementation cost, and licensing of Striim is that it is somewhat expensive.
What needs improvement with Striim?
I think Striim could be improved with better pricing and enhanced documentation.
What is your primary use case for Striim?
I use Striim to perform change data capture from relational databases to non-relational databases in my organization. I implement CDC with Striim by transferring data from Oracle Database to MongoD...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
Striim Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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