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Elastic StackOpenSearch
Freemium

Components can be downloaded for free; hosted service and advanced features are paid.

 Free

Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Long-established standard for central log analytics
  • Ingests data from many sources and formats
  • Provides distributed search and aggregation
  • Works with OpenSearch Dashboards for visualization
  • Several separate services to deploy and maintain
  • Some features are only available from Elastic's paid offerings
  • Production clusters require capacity planning and ongoing administration.
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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