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Metricbeat vs Telegraf: catalog facts
Metricbeat	Telegraf
Free Free to download; Elastic Cloud hosting is a paid option.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Windows, Linux, Command line	Linux, Windows, macOS, Command line
Ready-made modules for common services like Apache, Redis and NGINX Packages for apt, yum, Docker and Kubernetes	Provides many input and output plugins Connects data sources to monitoring back ends
Most useful alongside Elasticsearch and Kibana Default build is under the source-available Elastic License	Requires a separate destination to store and visualize collected data.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0 (OSS build); Elastic License (default build)	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 September 22, 2026

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