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Logstash vs Filebeat OSS: catalog facts
Logstash	Filebeat OSS
Free Free to download; Elastic sells paid subscriptions and hosted services for the wider…	Free The OSS distribution is free under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Command line
Ingests from many sources at the same time Grok parsing turns unstructured logs into fields	Lightweight daemon configured with one YAML file Packages for apt, yum, Docker and Kubernetes
Designed around the Elastic Stack Server-side pipeline that needs configuration and upkeep	Lacks features that are only in Elastic's default distribution Most useful together with Logstash or Elasticsearch
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
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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