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Elastic Observability vs ScienceLogic comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

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
7.1
Elastic Observability enhances efficiency by reducing incidents and costs, with 50% time savings and improved data manageability.
Sentiment score
7.6
ScienceLogic improved issue resolution, cutting outage duration and yielding ROI by the second year through better management and visibility.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
Elastic Observability's customer service is praised for responsiveness, support resources, and comprehensive documentation, with stable system reducing support needs.
Sentiment score
8.1
ScienceLogic's support is quick, responsive, and available 24/7, but sometimes requires multiple interactions and varies in knowledge levels.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Elastic Observability offers strong scalability, receiving positive ratings, with improved performance in higher subscription tiers and cloud installations.
Sentiment score
7.1
ScienceLogic is highly rated for scalability and adaptability, though some report onboarding and resource management challenges.
Elastic Observability seems to have a good scale-out capability.
What is not scalable for us is not on Elastic's side.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Elastic Observability is highly stable and dependable, with fast performance and positive user feedback across diverse environments.
Sentiment score
7.1
ScienceLogic is praised for stable performance, with high ratings, minor customization issues, and occasional challenges in large environments.
It is very stable, and I would rate it ten out of ten based on my interaction with it.
Elastic Observability is really stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Elastic Observability requires automation, improved metrics, advanced features, and better interfaces to address scalability, customization, and cost management challenges.
ScienceLogic needs improvements in monitoring, user interface, stability, customization, support, and user-friendliness, with challenges in automation and database monitoring.
One example is the inability to monitor very old databases with the newest version.
Elastic Observability could improve asset discovery as the current requirement to push the agent is not ideal.
 

Setup Cost

Elastic Observability is cost-efficient for large enterprises but can be pricey for startups, with varied deployment pricing options.
ScienceLogic's pricing ranges from $8 to $15 per endpoint, offering value through extensive features and straightforward subscriptions.
The license is reasonably priced, however, the VMs where we host the solution are extremely expensive, making the overall cost in the public cloud high.
Elastic Observability is cost-efficient and provides all features in the enterprise license without asset-based licensing.
 

Valuable Features

Elastic Observability offers cost-effective, scalable logging with machine learning, customization, and seamless Kibana integration for robust monitoring and security.
ScienceLogic offers agentless configuration, robust monitoring, third-party integration, customizable dashboards, scalability, AI, and comprehensive coverage, ensuring user-friendliness.
The most valuable feature is the integrated platform that allows customers to start from observability and expand into other areas like security, EDR solutions, etc.
All the features that we use, such as monitoring, dashboarding, reporting, the possibility of alerting, and the way we index the data, are important.
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Observability
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
7th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (7th), Log Management (11th), Container Monitoring (4th)
ScienceLogic
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
26th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (8th), Unified Communications Monitoring (1st), Network Monitoring Software (32nd), Server Monitoring (12th), IT Operations Analytics (8th), AIOps (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Elastic Observability is 4.3%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScienceLogic is 1.9%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

Adelina Craciun - PeerSpot reviewer
Customization enables tailored monitoring and alerting across departments
The possibility to customize it has been quite useful. Whatever the other departments want to dream up, we implement. Whatever they want to monitor, the granularity of it, the changes in the threshold, and the anomalies that they want reported all require some development. So far, every single request has been fulfilled.
GauravSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Great integrations, power flow, and good support
They need a little more self-service. Some of the places where there's still a dependency on defense logic. If those could be eliminated, that would be ideal. They've done a fantastic job eliminating a lot of those dependencies and there's a lot of self-service. However, some of the areas where we could have it connect to, for example, Splunk or ServiceNow, in a self-care version versus having to go back to their engineers, that's an area where they could do a little more. There are still a lot of engineers who get involved versus if it's a little more API-driven and self-served dashboard connections. Doing it the other way would just make life easier for users.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Observability?
Elastic Observability is cost-efficient and provides all features in the enterprise license without asset-based licensing. However, sizing and licensing information could be clearer.
What needs improvement with Elastic Observability?
Elastic Observability could improve asset discovery as the current requirement to push the agent is not ideal. Simplifying the parsing of logs and manual efforts would also be beneficial.
What do you like most about ScienceLogic?
The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ScienceLogic?
My company has an enterprise-level contract with ScienceLogic, so it is available to my organization at a good price.
What needs improvement with ScienceLogic?
The product's reporting functionalities have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required. The tool is more or less good. The tool needs to improve its APM capabilities.
 

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