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Elastic Search vs OpenText IDOL 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)
OpenText IDOL
Ranking in Indexing and Search
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
5
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 OpenText IDOL is 9.4%, up from 7.1% 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.
ERICK RAMIREZ - PeerSpot reviewer
Scales linearly and vertically; primarily used in AI
If I am not wrong, IDOL is working to release improvements in new capabilities in the next six months. There is room for improvement in some very important capabilities in visual analytics. They have been focusing on improving the face recognition algorithm. The accuracy of object detection could be improved as well and I know they are working on that at the moment. I would like to see some machine learning capabilities added to the next release.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Search is really powerful."
"Dashboard is very customizable."
"We had many reasons to implement Elasticsearch for search term solutions. Elasticsearch products provide enterprise landscape support for different areas of the company."
"Gives us a more user-friendly, centralized solution (for those who just needed a quick glance, without being masters of sed and awk) as well as the ability to implement various mechanisms for machine-learning from our logs, and sending alerts for anomalies."
"The security portion of Elasticsearch is particularly beneficial, allowing me to view and analyze security alerts."
"The flexibility and the support for diverse languages that it provides for searching the database are most valuable. We can use different languages to query the database."
"It helps us to analyse the logs based on the location, user, and other log parameters."
"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."
"IDOL has several important visual analytics, like face recognition and object detection and recognition."
 

Cons

"Kibana should be more friendly, especially when building dashboards."
"Improving machine learning capabilities would be beneficial."
"We'd like to see more integration in the future, especially around service desks or other ITSM tools."
"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."
"I would like to be able to do correlations between multiple indexes."
"Elastic Search should provide better guides for developers."
"There are potential improvements based on our client feedback, like unifying the licensing cost structure."
"There is a lack of technical people to develop, implement and optimize equipment operation and web queries."
"There is room for improvement in some very important capabilities in visual analytics. They have been focusing on improving the face recognition algorithm. The accuracy of object detection could be improved as well and I know they are working on that at the moment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free open-sourced version of this solution."
"Although the ELK Elasticsearch software is open-source, we buy the hardware."
"The premium license is expensive."
"We are using the open-sourced version."
"The price of Elastic Enterprise is very, very competitive."
"An X-Pack license is more affordable than Splunk."
"​The pricing and license model are clear: node-based model."
"The pricing model is questionable and needs to be addressed because when you would like to have the security they charge per machine."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Transportation Company
17%
Government
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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...
What do you like most about IDOL?
IDOL has several important visual analytics, like face recognition and object detection and recognition.
What needs improvement with IDOL?
If I am not wrong, IDOL is working to release improvements in new capabilities in the next six months. There is room for improvement in some very important capabilities in visual analytics. They ha...
What is your primary use case for IDOL?
IDOL is primarily used in related artificial intelligence solutions, for example in global. It is also used for insight from unstructured, rich media content. We are currently recording and getting...
 

Comparisons

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Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
Micro Focus IDOL, HPE Autonomy IDOL, HPE IDOL
 

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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.
Bank Simpanan Nasional, Felco
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