Elastic Observability vs OpenText Operations Bridge comparison

Elastic and OpenText are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. Elastic is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.9, while OpenText is ranked #34 with an average rating of 8.0. Elastic holds a 4.8% mindshare in CMS, compared to OpenText’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Elastic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Elastic Observability

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86% willing to recommend

OpenText Operations Bridge

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Elastic Observability and OpenText Operations Bridge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Elastic Observability vs. OpenText Operations Bridge Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Observability

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

8th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), Log Management (14th), Container Monitoring (4th)

OpenText Operations Bridge

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

34th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (8th), IT Operations Analytics (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Elastic Observability is 4.8%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Operations Bridge is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Subramani K

Solution Architect at HCL Technologies

Jun 27, 2022

The user interface framework lets us do custom development when needed.

So Elastic is basically clusters, right? Basically three, we can go with the basic cluster is a three note cluster. So the implementation is quite simple. It's not very complex. So we have to architect the solution in such a way that we have the right number of replicas and right number of charts and all those to hold the data. So basically we have to architect based on the data ingestion, how much data we are going to ingest in the cluster. So this setup is pretty simple, but we have to have the right inputs, right decisions in place before we even implement it.

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Volodymyr Bondarchuk

Senior System Engineer at Novell

Nov 29, 2022

Has instrument analysis and anomaly control features that help indicate root causes and problems with your infrastructure

I have experience with other solutions apart from Micro Focus Operations Bridge, for example, NetIQ Operations Center and NetIQ AppManager. I also have experience with network performance monitoring solutions, for example, Microsoft SCOM, and some open-source products, such as Nagios and Zabbix. What makes Micro Focus Operations Bridge better than others is that it works as an umbrella and includes different models for different types of monitoring. At the same time, an open-source product does not give you this kind of functionality. Instead, an open-source product only gives you classic monitoring functionalities in some areas of network performance but not for all areas of monitoring solutions or infrastructure. Microsoft SCOM, at the moment, has many new features, and it's similar to Micro Focus which focuses on network performance and traffic monitoring, so my company uses it together with Micro Focus for monitoring.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use AppDynamics and Elastic. The reason why we're using Elastic APM is because of the license count. It's very favorable compared to AppDynamics. It's inexpensive; it's economical."

"Elastic team communicated well with us, so we decided to give it a try."

"The solution is open-source and helps with back-end logging. It is also easy to handle."

"The product has connectors to many services."

"It has always been a stable solution."

"For full stack observability, Elastic is the best tool compared with any other tool ."

"The Elastic User Interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. You need to have some Javascript knowledge. We need that knowledge to develop new custom tests."

"Elastic Observability significantly improves incident response time by providing quick access to logs and data across various sources. For instance, searching for specific keywords in logs spanning over a month from multiple data sources can be completed within seconds."

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"It has the capability to display overall health of the infrastructure and is very useful for executive reports on the health of the infrastructure."

"It is stable."

"It has greatly reduced the number and duration of outages as support teams are notified immediately when something goes wrong or even before something breaks."

"We haven't faced any stability issues. There hasn't been any crashes or glitches."

"The most valuable feature is that everything can be consolidated into one dashboard."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's not complex at all."

"Purely, its flexibility is the most valuable aspect. It is hugely configurable."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its grouping scripts and event focus."

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Cons

"Elastic Observability needs to have better standardization, logging, and schema."

"The cost must be made more transparent."

"Elastic Observability is difficult to use. There are only three options for customization but this can be difficult for our use case. We do not have other options to choose the metrics shown, such as CPU or memory usage."

"Elastic Observability needs to improve the retrieval of logs and metrics from all the instances."

"Elastic Observability is reactive rather than proactive. It should act as an ITSM tool and be able to create tickets and alerts on Jira."

"There could be more low-code features included in the product."

"There is room for improvement regarding its APM capabilities."

"More web features could be added to the product."

More Elastic Observability cons

"The deployment of agents on new CI should be improved. There should be some kind of automation to directly deploy them from the console. It can maybe have some more AI functions because most of the other tools are going in that direction."

"The service takes a very long time to start and it requires a lot of resources."

"In a future release, we would like an improved upgrade process. When you upgrade it now, it first uninstalls everything and then reinstalls all the packages, which means any customization that you've done in the directories on the surface disappears."

"Remove the dependency of Java technology. This is a feature used for admin purposes to update the modeling."

"Installing and upgrading the HPOM and Operations Agent software is not always easy and the process can be quite fragile. Once it is running, it is very quick and stable, but an upgrade can quite easily break something or terminate unexpectedly."

"We are waiting for quicker release cycles. Also containerized upgrade, so that you don't have to bring a system entirely down to make a minor upgrade, in fact, or a minor patch."

"The initial setup of this tool is complex for people who lack experience with it."

"The pricing is a bit expensive for smaller companies."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Elastic Observability is expensive."

"Users have to pay for some features, like the alerts on different channels, because they are unavailable in different source versions."

"There are two types: cloud and SaaS. They charge based on data ingestion, ingest rate, hard retention, and warm retention. I believe it costs around $25,000 annually to ingest 30GB of data daily. That is the SaaS version. There is also a self-managed license where the customer manages their own infrastructure on-prem. In such cases, there are three license tiers that respectively cost $5,000 annually per node, $7,000 per node, and $12,500 per node."

"Elastic Observability's pricing could be better for small-scale users."

"Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay."

"The product is not that cheap."

"Elastic Observability is cheaper than other similar solutions, such as Dynatrace. Its license calculation is based on various factors like data volume and physical infrastructure, particularly related to RAM capacity."

"We have been using the open-source version."

More Elastic Observability pricing and cost advice

"As OpsBridge is a suite of products bundled together, you may find yourself paying for software functionality that you don't actually use, e.g. Real User Monitor (RUM)."

"Pricing is very flexible and depends on the modules selected as per the requirement."

"It is competitive."

"The licensing cost for this solution is approximately $1,000 USD."

"The licensing model for Micro Focus Operations Bridge is unit-based so it can be one device or ten devices depending on your situation or model. Cost-wise, it's much more if you have more devices and features such as infrastructure monitoring, analytic dashboard, and business dashboard in your model."

"The cost is very high."

"Setup costs can be high depending on the partner, but it is worth it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Elastic Observability?

Elastic Observability significantly improves incident response time by providing quick access to logs and data across various sources. For instance, searching for specific keywords in logs spanning...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Observability?

Elastic Observability is cheaper in terms of pricing.

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What needs improvement with Elastic Observability?

I don't know how Elastic can improve. The integration feature I am using is very easy to implement.

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What do you like most about Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

It is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

The licensing model for Micro Focus Operations Bridge is unit-based so it can be one device or ten devices depending on your situation or model. Cost-wise, it's much more if you have more devices a...

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

I'm not aware of areas that need improvement.

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Also Known As

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Micro Focus Operations Bridge, Operations Bridge Manager, Micro Focus Operations Analytics

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Overview

Elastic Observability is primarily used for monitoring login events, application performance, and infrastructure, supporting significant data volumes through features like log aggregation, centralized logging, and system metric analysis.

Elastic Observability employs Elastic APM for performance and latency analysis, significantly aiding business KPIs and technical stability. It is popular among users for system and server monitoring, capacity planning, cyber security, and managing data pipelines. With the integration of Kibana, it offers robust visualization, reporting, and incident response capabilities through rapid log searches while supporting machine learning and hybrid cloud environments.

What are Elastic Observability's key features?

Economic licensing: Offers cost-effective plans.
Extensive metrics tracking: Helps in comprehensive system monitoring.
Comprehensive logging: Centralizes log data efficiently.
Performance Monitoring: Provides robust APM capabilities.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other solutions.
Kibana visualization: Facilitates data visualization and reporting.
Machine learning support: Enables advanced data analysis.
Flexible deployment: Supports various deployment environments.
Rapid log searches: Enhances quick incident response.
Accessibility: Offers extensive online documentation and connector support.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in Elastic Observability reviews?

Stability: Look for consistent performance and reliability.
Compliance: Effective monitoring aids in regulation adherence.
System Security: Enhanced system monitoring and alert management.
Cost-Effectiveness: Evaluate the economic pricing models.
Scalability: Adequate scalability options for growing needs.

Companies in technology, finance, healthcare, and other industries implement Elastic Observability for tailored monitoring solutions. They find its integration with existing systems useful for maintaining operation efficiency and security, particularly valuing the visualization capabilities through Kibana to monitor KPIs and improve incident response times.

OpenText Operations Bridge – SaaS is enterprise event and performance management software. With automated discovery, monitoring, and remediation, it fast-tracks your move to full-stack AIOps across multicloud and on- premises environments.

Sample Customers

PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank

GE Money Bank, Bank AlJazira, Tech Mahindra

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