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Product	Elastic SIEM by Elastic View product	TShark by Wireshark View product
Overview
What it is	See what Elastic SIEM offers: timeline forensics. It is built for security log correlation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other SIEM tools.	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	Cloud-Native SIEM Engine	Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise SOC, IT Operations, FinTech	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	Real-time security log ingestion Normalized ECS schema Automated detection engine Timeline forensics Security log correlation Compliance auditing Incident investigation	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	Enterprise ITCloudOn-premises	Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAAGDPR	Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Elastic AgentBeatsWindows Event LogsSyslogAWS CloudTrail	PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek
Industries	Cross-industryEnterprise SOCIT OperationsFinTech	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 SIEM

by Elastic

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TShark

by Wireshark

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Overview

What it is

Elastic SIEM

See what Elastic SIEM offers: timeline forensics. It is built for security log correlation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other SIEM tools.

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 SIEM

Cloud-Native SIEM Engine

TShark

Command-Line Network Protocol Analyzer & Packet Capture Tool

Best for

Elastic SIEM

Cross-industry, Enterprise SOC, IT Operations, FinTech

TShark

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Elastic SIEM

Contact Vendor

TShark

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Elastic SIEM

TShark

Deployment

Deployment options

Elastic SIEM

SaaSCloudHybrid

TShark

Cloud

Deployment details

Elastic SIEM

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

TShark

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

Data residency

Elastic SIEM

Global; AWS; Azure; GCP regions

TShark

Local workstation / Server filesystem

Key features

What it offers

Elastic SIEM

Real-time security log ingestion
Normalized ECS schema
Automated detection engine
Timeline forensics
Security log correlation
Compliance auditing
Incident investigation

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 SIEM

TShark

Single sign-on (SSO)

Elastic SIEM

TShark

Role-based access (RBAC)

Elastic SIEM

TShark

Multi-tenant

Elastic SIEM

TShark

Mobile app

Elastic SIEM

TShark

Supported platforms

Elastic SIEM

Enterprise ITCloudOn-premises

TShark

Headless Linux serversTerminal environmentsVirtual machines

Compliance

Elastic SIEM

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAAGDPR

TShark

Open source baseline (GNU GPLv2)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Elastic SIEM

Elastic AgentBeatsWindows Event LogsSyslogAWS CloudTrail

TShark

PythonBashPowerShellSnortSuricataELK StackZeek

Industries

Elastic SIEM

Cross-industryEnterprise SOCIT OperationsFinTech

TShark

Cross-industryCybersecurity EngineeringIT OperationsAcademicTechnologyCybersecurity Consulting+2 more

Regions

Elastic SIEM

Global

TShark

Global

Vendor

Company

Elastic SIEM

Elastic

TShark

Wireshark

Headquarters

Elastic SIEM

Mountain View, California, USA

TShark

Global Open Source Project

Company size

Elastic SIEM

3,000+

TShark

1-10

Founded

Elastic SIEM

2012

TShark

1998