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Product	Elastic Observability by Elastic View product	TShark by Wireshark 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.	Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Full-Stack Observability Platform	Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool
Best for	Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise IT	Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybrid	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Elastic Cloud SaaS; Self-managed Elastic Stack	Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container
Data residency	Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions	Local workstation / Server filesystem
Key features
What it offers	Unified logs, metrics & traces Machine learning anomaly detection Synthetic monitoring Kibana dashboards Full-stack observability Log aggregation Metrics analysis	Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap PCAP/PCAPNG parsing Wireshark display filter syntax JSON/CSV/XML structured output Automated packet dissection Scriptable headless operation Automated network packet analysis Headless network troubleshooting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	InfrastructureCloudContainer Platforms	Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWSAzure	PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek
Industries	Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsEnterprise IT	Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Elastic	Wireshark
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Global Open Source Project
Company size	3,000+	1-10
Founded	2012	1998

Elastic Observability

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TShark

by Wireshark

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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.

TShark

Evaluating TShark? See how this Network Security tool handles PCAP/PCAPNG parsing and automated packet dissection, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Elastic Observability

Full-Stack Observability Platform

TShark

Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool

Best for

Elastic Observability

Cross-industry, DevOps, SRE Teams, Enterprise IT

TShark

Cross-industry, Cybersecurity Engineering, IT Operations, Academic, Technology, Cybersecurity Consulting, Government, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Elastic Observability

Contact Vendor

TShark

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Elastic Observability

TShark

Deployment

Deployment options

Elastic Observability

SaaSCloudHybrid

TShark

Cloud

Deployment details

Elastic Observability

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

TShark

Command-Line Interface / Terminal Utility; Local CLI binary / Docker container

Data residency

Elastic Observability

Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions

TShark

Local workstation / Server filesystem

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

TShark

Live packet capture via libpcap/Npcap
PCAP/PCAPNG parsing
Wireshark display filter syntax
JSON/CSV/XML structured output
Automated packet dissection
Scriptable headless operation
Automated network packet analysis
Headless network troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

Elastic Observability

TShark

Single sign-on (SSO)

Elastic Observability

TShark

Role-based access (RBAC)

Elastic Observability

TShark

Multi-tenant

Elastic Observability

TShark

Mobile app

Elastic Observability

TShark

Supported platforms

Elastic Observability

InfrastructureCloudContainer Platforms

TShark

Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines

Compliance

Elastic Observability

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

TShark

Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Elastic Observability

KubernetesPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWSAzure

TShark

PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek

Industries

Elastic Observability

Cross-industryDevOpsSRE TeamsEnterprise IT

TShark

Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more

Regions

Elastic Observability

Global

TShark

Global

Vendor

Company

Elastic Observability

Elastic

TShark

Wireshark

Headquarters

Elastic Observability

Mountain View, California, USA

TShark

Global Open Source Project

Company size

Elastic Observability

3,000+

TShark

1-10

Founded

Elastic Observability

2012

TShark

1998