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Product	Elastic Observability by Elastic View product	OSSEC by OSSEC View product
Overview
What it is	Elastic Observability is a full-stack observability platform for log aggregation, metrics analysis and full-stack observability. See features and SIEM alternatives.	OSSEC: automated rootkit detection and centralized agent architecture. Built for host-based intrusion detection. Compare File Integrity Monitoring alternatives.
Product type	Full-Stack Observability Platform	Open-Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
Best for	Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise IT	Enterprise IT, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Education, Financial Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybrid	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack	Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Software Engine; Centralized Server Manager & Client Agents
Data residency	Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Unified logs, metrics & traces Machine learning anomaly detection Synthetic monitoring Kibana dashboards Full-stack observability Log aggregation Metrics analysis	Host-based file integrity monitoring (FIM) Real-time log analysis and correlation Automated rootkit detection Active Response automated blocking Centralized agent architecture Host-based intrusion detection File integrity monitoring (FIM) Log analysis and correlation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	InfrastructureCloudContainer Platforms	LinuxUnixWindowsmacOS Servers and WorkstationsCloud VMs
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.5CIS ControlsNIST 800-53
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWSAzure	Linux SyslogWindows Event LogsSplunkElasticsearchGrafanaSlack
Industries	Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsEnterprise IT	Enterprise ITDevOpsCybersecurityPublic SectorEducationFinancial Services
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Elastic	OSSEC
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Open-source project; global community
Company size	3,000+	1-10
Founded	2012	2003

Elastic Observability

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Overview

What it is

Elastic Observability

Elastic Observability is a full-stack observability platform for log aggregation, metrics analysis and full-stack observability. See features and SIEM alternatives.

OSSEC

OSSEC: automated rootkit detection and centralized agent architecture. Built for host-based intrusion detection. Compare File Integrity Monitoring alternatives.

Product type

Elastic Observability

Full-Stack Observability Platform

OSSEC

Open-Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)

Best for

Elastic Observability

Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise IT

OSSEC

Enterprise IT, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Education, Financial Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Elastic Observability

Contact Vendor

OSSEC

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Deployment

Deployment options

Elastic Observability

SaaSCloudHybrid

OSSEC

On-Premise

Deployment details

Elastic Observability

Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack

OSSEC

Open Source; Self-hosted; Self-hosted Software Engine; Centralized Server Manager & Client Agents

Data residency

Elastic Observability

Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions

OSSEC

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

Elastic Observability

Unified logs, metrics & traces
Machine learning anomaly detection
Synthetic monitoring
Kibana dashboards
Full-stack observability
Log aggregation
Metrics analysis

OSSEC

Host-based file integrity monitoring (FIM)
Real-time log analysis and correlation
Automated rootkit detection
Active Response automated blocking
Centralized agent architecture
Host-based intrusion detection
File integrity monitoring (FIM)
Log analysis and correlation

Platform & access

API access

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Single sign-on (SSO)

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Role-based access (RBAC)

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Multi-tenant

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Mobile app

Elastic Observability

OSSEC

Supported platforms

Elastic Observability

InfrastructureCloudContainer Platforms

OSSEC

LinuxUnixWindowsmacOS Servers and WorkstationsCloud VMs

Compliance

Elastic Observability

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

OSSEC

GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.5CIS ControlsNIST 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Elastic Observability

KubernetesPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWSAzure

OSSEC

Linux SyslogWindows Event LogsSplunkElasticsearchGrafanaSlack

Industries

Elastic Observability

Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsEnterprise IT

OSSEC

Enterprise ITDevOpsCybersecurityPublic SectorEducationFinancial Services

Regions

Elastic Observability

Global

OSSEC

Global

Vendor

Company

Elastic Observability

Elastic

OSSEC

Headquarters

Elastic Observability

Mountain View, California, USA

OSSEC

Open-source project; global community

Company size

Elastic Observability

3,000+

OSSEC

1-10

Founded

Elastic Observability

2012

OSSEC

2003