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Elastic Search vs WhereScape RED 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Organizations had mixed ROI with Elasticsearch; some saved on costs using open-source, while others faced high licensing fees.
Sentiment score
7.0
WhereScape RED offers varied returns, with some users experiencing quick ROI, efficient development, and substantial gains.
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.
We have not purchased any licensed products, and our use of Elastic Search is purely open-source, contributing positively to our ROI.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
Elastic Search's support receives varied feedback, with users favoring community resources and some noting slower official assistance.
Sentiment score
8.3
Customer service is often excellent and prompt, although some feel support wanes post-purchase and seems money-driven.
I would rate technical support from Elastic Search as three out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Elastic Search is scalable, especially in cloud environments, but high-volume scalability requires careful planning and infrastructure investment.
Sentiment score
6.6
WhereScape RED efficiently scales with large data, improves ETL processing, and enhances speeds using ELT and SQL features.
I would rate its scalability a ten.
There might be issues regarding data size and scaling, but these can be tuned and improved.
I would rate the scalability of Elasticsearch as an eight.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Elastic Search is generally stable, but performance can vary due to infrastructure, version changes, and configuration requirements.
Sentiment score
6.6
WhereScape RED's stability varies; it's praised for maturity and speed, yet some report resource and debugging challenges.
The data transfer sometimes exceeded the bandwidth limits without proper notification, which caused issues.
The stability of Elasticsearch was very high.
 

Room For Improvement

Elastic Search requires enhancements in security, scalability, user experience, integration, documentation, and support for enterprise needs.
WhereScape RED suffers from scalability issues, lacking performance efficiency, enhanced documentation, better GUI, and improved support for multi-database environments.
The consistency and stability of Elasticsearch are commendable, and they should keep up the good work.
It is primarily based on Unix or Linux-based operating systems and cannot be easily configured in Windows systems.
The architecture of Elastic Search could be improved as it is complicated for most general users to build up the environment and maintain the cluster.
 

Setup Cost

Elastic Search's free version can become costly for enterprises due to premium features, node-based pricing, and scalability challenges.
WhereScape RED's flexible developer-based licensing and native SQL code provide cost-effective, vendor-independent data warehousing solutions with quick ROI potential.
We used the open-source version of Elasticsearch, which was free.
 

Valuable Features

Elastic Search offers efficient search, scalability, and integration with Kibana and Logstash, providing affordable features and handling diverse data.
WhereScape RED streamlines data warehousing with automation, agile support, user-friendly interface, and compatibility with leading methodologies.
The most valuable feature of Elasticsearch was the quick search capability, allowing us to search by any criteria needed.
Elastic Search makes handling large data volumes efficient and supports complex search operations.
Aggregation is faster than querying directly from a database, like Postgres or Vertica.
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (10th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (3rd)
WhereScape RED
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (45th)
 

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.
reviewer1618884 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick to set up, flexible, and stable
The scheduling part I don't like due to the fact that it allows you to schedule as a parent and child and other things, however, the error trackability has to be a little more user-friendly. It's also not user-friendly in the sense that it loads all the jobs and there are not enough filters so that it doesn't need to load everything. If the job fails, you don't get any type of alert or email. It would be ideal if there was some sort of automated alert message. Technical support isn't the best. It would be ideal if we understood how to do it in a card exception regarding exclusion, where the card is captured separately rather than filling the whole process on the data inbound side. Certain workloads like this are organized in such a way where you seem to be doubling the work as opposed to streamlining the process.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise11
 

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?
Elastic Search could improve in areas such as search criteria and query processes, as search times were longer prior to implementing Elastic Search. Elastic Search has limitations for handling huge...
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Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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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.
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