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Elastic Search vs Exalead comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Indexing and Search
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (11th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
Exalead
Ranking in Indexing and Search
10th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Indexing and Search category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 28.0%, up from 24.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Exalead is 4.6%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Indexing and Search
 

Featured Reviews

Saurav Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2024
Provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements
I can describe a project where we use Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK stack) for our archiving objectives. I work in the security department of a Fintech company in the payment industry. We use the ELK stack to connect our internal systems with the bank's systems and we used Beats for data…
FS
Sep 27, 2019
The indexing feature is handy but the user interface and support can be better
I find the indexing feature the most valuable I think the user interface should be improved and the support can be better. I have been using Exalead ( /products/exalead-reviews ) for seven or eight years now on premises. The solution is quite stable. The scalability of the solution is a…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has good security features. I have been happy with the dashboards and interface."
"It gives us the possibility to store and query this data and also do this efficiently and securely and without delays."
"I have found the sort capability of Elastic very useful for allowing us to find the information we need very quickly."
"It is easy to scale with the cluster node model.​"
"ELK Elasticsearch is 100% scalable as scalability is built into the design"
"The AI-based attribute tagging is a valuable feature."
"Elasticsearch includes a graphical user interface (GUI) called Kibana. The GUI features are extremely beneficial to us."
"The initial setup is fairly simple."
"I find the indexing feature the most valuable."
 

Cons

"The different applications need to be individually deployed."
"The solution's integration and configuration are not easy. Not many people know exactly what to do."
"I don't see improvements at the moment. The current setup is working well for me, and I'm satisfied with it. Integrating with different platforms is also fine, and I'm not recommending any changes or enhancements right now."
"I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms."
"Elastic Search should provide better guides for developers."
"Better dashboards or a better configuration system would be very good."
"Elasticsearch could improve by honoring Unix environmental variables and not relying only on those provided by Java (e.g. installing plugins over the Unix http proxy)."
"The metadata gets stored along with indexes and isn't queryable."
"The scalability of the solution is a problem."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better."
"I rate Elastic Search's pricing an eight out of ten."
"ELK has been considered as an alternative to Splunk to reduce licensing costs."
"We use the free version for some logs, but not extensive use."
"The solution is affordable."
"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."
"To access all the features available you require both the open source license and the production license."
"Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
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Company Size

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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 would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being high price and ten being low price. It could be cheaper for certain use cases, but since it gets the job done, no complaints for the pric...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search needs better guides for developers. Better guides for development.
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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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