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Filebeat OSS vs Logstash: catalog facts
Filebeat OSS	Logstash
Free The OSS distribution is free under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free to download; Elastic sells paid subscriptions and hosted services for the wider…
Windows, Linux, Command line	Self-hosted
Lightweight daemon configured with one YAML file Packages for apt, yum, Docker and Kubernetes	Ingests from many sources at the same time Grok parsing turns unstructured logs into fields
Lacks features that are only in Elastic's default distribution Most useful together with Logstash or Elasticsearch	Designed around the Elastic Stack Server-side pipeline that needs configuration and upkeep
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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