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The Bottom Line

Entry price

Free plan available, paid tiers above

Biggest pro

Fast search

Biggest con

Resource hungry

TL;DR - Elasticsearch

  • Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine for logs, metrics, and text
  • It powers search functionality with full-text search, aggregations, and near real-time indexing
  • Free and open-source, Elastic Cloud from $95/month
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
4.3/5 across review platforms

What is Elasticsearch?

Editorial review
Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine for all types of data. Full-text search with powerful query language. Real-time analytics on log and metric data. Part of the Elastic Stack with Kibana and Logstash. Scales horizontally for massive datasets. The search engine that powers everything from site search to security analytics.

Available on: Web, macOS, Linux, Windows

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Fast search
  • Scalable
  • Great ecosystem

Cons

  • Resource hungry
  • Complex operations

Ratings Across the Web

4.3(284 reviews)

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Key Features

Full-text searchLog analyticsReal-time indexingDistributed architectureRESTful APIAggregations

Pricing Plans

Free Trial

Free (Self-hosted)

$0

  • Basic features
  • Community support
  • Self-managed deployment
  • Open source core

Serverless

Usage-based

  • Auto-scaling
  • No cluster management
  • 60+ regions
  • Pay per usage

Hosted (Standard)

From $0.0208/hour

  • Managed clusters
  • Custom configurations
  • 99.95% SLA (Platinum)
  • Full platform capabilities

Enterprise

Custom

  • Premium support
  • Advanced security
  • Custom SLAs
  • Dedicated success manager

Reviews

4.3/5

Across 284 verified user reviews on G2, Capterra

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Elasticsearch FAQ

Is Elasticsearch free?

Free open-source, paid for managed and features.

Source: elastic.co

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