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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
6.7
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (12th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
Microsoft FAST
Ranking in Indexing and Search
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Indexing and Search category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 28.1%, up from 25.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft FAST is 5.9%, down from 9.2% 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

"It is stable."
"I have found the sort capability of Elastic very useful for allowing us to find the information we need very quickly."
"The security portion of Elasticsearch is particularly beneficial, allowing me to view and analyze security alerts."
"You have dashboards, it is visual, there are maps, you can create canvases. It's more visual than anything that I've ever used."
"The initial setup is fairly simple."
"I value the feature that allows me to share the dashboards to different people with different levels of access."
"The solution has great scalability."
"The product is scalable with good performance."
"Microsoft FAST is quite robust. Our clients are quite happy with it."
 

Cons

"An improvement would be to have an interface that allows easier navigation and tracing of logs."
"Performance improvement could come from skipping background refresh on search idle shards (which is already being addressed in the upcoming seventh version)."
"The price could be better. Kibana has some limitations in terms of the tablet to view event logs. I also have a high volume of data. On the initialization part, if you chose Kibana, you'll have some limitations. Kibana was primarily proposed as a log data reviewer to build applications to the viewer log data using Kibana. Then it became a virtualization tool, but it still has limitations from a developer's point of view."
"New Relic could be more flexible, similar to Elasticsearch."
"There are potential improvements based on our client feedback, like unifying the licensing cost structure."
"We have an issue with the volume of data that we can handle."
"There are challenges with performance management and scalability."
"I have not been using the solution for many years to know exactly the improvements needed. However, they could simplify how the YML files have to be structured properly."
"If there is any change in a system or a configuration or an update, we might face some issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing structure depends on the scalability steps."
"This product is open-source and can be used free of charge."
"I rate Elastic Search's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The cost varies based on factors like usage volume, network load, data storage size, and service utilization. If your usage isn't too extensive, the cost will be lower."
"The solution is free."
"An X-Pack license is more affordable than Splunk."
"The solution is affordable."
"We are using the open-sourced version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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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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Comparisons

 

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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