Elastic

elastic.co
Analytics
Weekend Project

The Search AI Company

How to Replace Elastic

Overview

Elastic is an open source platform that powers search, observability, security, and more. It provides enterprise solutions combining powerful search and generative AI to deliver relevant results at unprecedented speed and accelerate business outcomes.

Features

20 features across 11 categories

AI(2)

Agentic AIAI

Explore Elastic Agent Builder to easily build reliable context-driven AI agents in Elasticsearch with your data

Jina Embedding ModelsAI

State-of-the-art multilingual embeddings on Elastic Integration Server (EIS) that beat larger models on MMTEB benchmarks

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Agentic AI(1)

Agent BuilderAI

Build reliable context-driven AI agents in Elasticsearch with your data

Automation(1)

Elastic WorkflowsAI

Native agentic automation that combines predictable execution with AI reasoning to automate routine tasks and complex problems in Elasticsearch

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Compliance(1)

FedRamp CompliancePremium

FedRamp certified deployment options for government and highly regulated organizations

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Deployment(3)

Elastic Cloud Hosted

Fully managed cloud offering with automatic scaling and operational management

Elastic Cloud Serverless

Serverless deployment option that automatically scales based on search and indexing load

Self-managed Deployment

Full control over deployment location, hardware setup and configuration, orchestration, cluster size, and node count

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Infrastructure(1)

Multi-cloud Support

Deploy across AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba with 60 regions available

Observability(2)

AutoOpsAI

Real-time cluster insights, guided troubleshooting, and optimization recommendations available at no cost

Elastic ObservabilityAI

Accelerate problem resolution with open, flexible, and unified observability powered by advanced ML and analytics

Also in: Zuplo, Istio, Linkerd

Performance(1)

GPU-Accelerated Vector SearchPremium

Enable 12x faster throughput and 7x faster force merging using NVIDIA cuVS integration

Also in: Jira Service Management, Hugging Face, WordPress.com

Security(3)

Bring Your Own KeyPremium

Upcoming feature for customer-managed encryption keys

Elastic SecurityAI

Modernize SecOps with AI-driven security analytics to detect, investigate, and respond before threats have a chance

Traffic FilteringPremium

Upcoming feature for traffic filtering capabilities

Transparency(1)

Public Roadmap

Transparent roadmap on GitHub showing upcoming features, capabilities, and enhancements

Pricing

Elasticsearch Serverless

Popular
Usage-based, Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid
  • Fully managed infrastructure
  • Automatic scaling based on search and indexing load
  • Most solution and platform capabilities
  • Four support tiers available
  • 99.95% uptime SLA

Elasticsearch Hosted

Resource-based, Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid
  • Full visibility and control over hardware configuration
  • Custom control over cluster capacity
  • All solutions and platform capabilities
  • Four support tiers available
  • 99.95% uptime SLA
  • Available in AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba with 60 regions

Elasticsearch Self-managed

License-based (nodes and RAM)
  • Full control over deployment location and hardware setup
  • Custom control over cluster capacity with storage-based autoscaling
  • All solutions and platform capabilities
  • Two subscription tiers: Platinum and Enterprise
  • Deploy on-premise or in private/public cloud
  • Identical support SLA for Platinum and Enterprise

Elasticsearch Observability Serverless

Usage-based pricing
  • Monitor health and resolve issues for apps and infrastructure
  • Fully managed
  • Automatic scaling

Elasticsearch Observability Hosted

Resource-based pricing
  • Monitor health and resolve issues for apps and infrastructure
  • Full visibility and control

Elasticsearch Security Serverless

Usage-based pricing
  • Protect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats
  • Fully managed

Elasticsearch Security Hosted

Resource-based pricing
  • Protect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats
  • Full visibility and control

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Elastic. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Elastic alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 20 features.

Buy Elastic

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Elastic saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 20 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

10 known integrations

Alibaba CloudAWSAWS MarketplaceAzure MarketplaceBigQueryGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Google MarketplaceMicrosoft AzureNVIDIA cuVS