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Elastic Search vs Microsoft FAST comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Indexing and Search
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (11th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
Microsoft FAST
Ranking in Indexing and Search
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
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 Microsoft FAST is 6.0%, down from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Indexing and Search
 

Featured Reviews

Saurav Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements
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 analytics with Elastic benefits us due to the huge traffic volume in our organization, which reaches up to 60,000 requests per second. With logs of approximately 25 GB per day, manually analyzing traffic behavior, payloads, headers, user agents, and other details is impractical.
reviewer1466883 - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust solution with good value
Microsoft FAST is quite robust. Our clients are quite happy with it. For other users who already have a solution in place, we recommend Microsoft FAST because it is more compatible and you can organize the solution with Microsoft components. If you are with any other third party, there could be a chance that the required output is not what you would expect. But with Microsoft, it will work better. It is compatible with the older generation systems, so you can offer it. On a scale of one to ten, I would give Microsoft FAST an eight because I'm quite comfortable with it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using real-time search functionality to support operational decisions has been helpful."
"The solution is quite scalable and this is one of its advantages."
"The solution has great scalability."
"Implementing the main requirements regarding my support portal​."
"A good use case is saving metadata of your systems for data cataloging. Various systems, like those opened in metadata and similar applications, use Elasticsearch to store their text data."
"I really like the visualization that you can do within it. That's really handy. Product-wise, it is a very good and stable product."
"The forced merge and forced resonate features reduce the data size increasing reliability."
"The special text processing features in this solution are very important for me."
"Microsoft FAST is quite robust. Our clients are quite happy with it."
 

Cons

"This product could be improved with additional security, and the addition of support for machine learning devices."
"Something that could be improved is better integrations with Cortex and QRadar, for example."
"We'd like more user-friendly integrations."
"There are a lot of manual steps on the operating system. It could be simplified in the user interface."
"Technical support should be faster."
"The one area that can use improvement is the automapping of fields."
"I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms."
"Ratio aggregation is not supported in this solution."
"If there is any change in a system or a configuration or an update, we might face some issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free."
"ELK has been considered as an alternative to Splunk to reduce licensing costs."
"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 be expensive."
"To access all the features available you require both the open source license and the production license."
"This is a free, open source software (FOSS) tool, which means no cost on the front-end. There are no free lunches in this world though. Technical skill to implement and support are costly on the back-end with ELK, whether you train/hire internally or go for premium services from Elastic."
"The pricing model is questionable and needs to be addressed because when you would like to have the security they charge per machine."
"The premium license is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 am not directly involved with pricing or setup costs. While I know a portion is open-source, a paid version might be necessary.
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
An improvement would be to have an interface that allows easier navigation and tracing of logs. The current system requires manually inputting dates to verify alerts. A visual timeline that pinpoin...
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Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
MS FAST
 

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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.
Moffitt Cancer Center, Hitachi Solutions, Manupatra Information Solutions, Unique World, _KODA AUTO a.s., MindTree Ltd, Mississippi Department of Transportation
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