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Telegraf vs Metricbeat: catalog facts
Telegraf	Metricbeat
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free to download; Elastic Cloud hosting is a paid option.
Linux, Windows, macOS, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
Provides many input and output plugins Connects data sources to monitoring back ends	Ready-made modules for common services like Apache, Redis and NGINX Packages for apt, yum, Docker and Kubernetes
Requires a separate destination to store and visualize collected data.	Most useful alongside Elasticsearch and Kibana Default build is under the source-available Elastic License
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0 (OSS build); Elastic License (default build)
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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