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Product	Elastic Stack by Elastic View product	Graylog by Graylog View product
Overview
What it is	Elastic Stack is a search, log & analytics stack from Elastic. Learn how it supports log aggregation, what features stand out and which Security Analytics tools compete.	Graylog covers high-throughput log ingestion and real-time processing pipelines for centralized log aggregation and IT troubleshooting. Compare top Log Management tools.
Product type	Search, Log & Analytics Stack	Centralized Log Management & Operational Analytics Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Software, Enterprise IT, Telecom	Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education, Government, Manufacturing, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Open-source; Self-hosted; Elastic Cloud SaaS	On-premises; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted; On-premises software; Self-hosted Linux VM; Graylog Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Self-managed or Elastic Cloud regions	Customer-controlled for self-hosted; US and EU for Graylog Cloud
Key features
What it offers	Distributed search engine Log ingestion pipelines Data enrichment Interactive visual dashboards Log aggregation Enterprise search Real-time operational analytics	High-throughput log ingestion Real-time processing pipelines OpenSearch/Elasticsearch indexing Customizable dashboards Alerting engine Data enrichment Centralized log aggregation IT troubleshooting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	On-premisesVirtual MachinesCloudDocker	LinuxDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	GDPRHIPAAPCI DSSSOC 2 (Cloud)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ElasticsearchKibanaLogstashBeatsREST APIs	ElasticsearchOpenSearchKafkaMongoDBDockerKubernetesSyslogBeats
Industries	Cross-industrySoftwareEnterprise ITTelecom	TechnologyHealthcareFinancial ServicesEducationGovernmentManufacturing+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Elastic	Graylog
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA	Houston, Texas, USA
Company size	3,000+	201-500
Founded	2012	2009

Elastic Stack

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Graylog

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Overview

What it is

Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack is a search, log & analytics stack from Elastic. Learn how it supports log aggregation, what features stand out and which Security Analytics tools compete.

Graylog

Graylog covers high-throughput log ingestion and real-time processing pipelines for centralized log aggregation and IT troubleshooting. Compare top Log Management tools.

Product type

Elastic Stack

Search, Log & Analytics Stack

Graylog

Centralized Log Management & Operational Analytics Platform

Best for

Elastic Stack

Cross-industry, Software, Enterprise IT, Telecom

Graylog

Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education, Government, Manufacturing, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Elastic Stack

Contact Vendor

Graylog

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Deployment

Deployment options

Elastic Stack

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Graylog

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Elastic Stack

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Open-source; Self-hosted; Elastic Cloud SaaS

Graylog

On-premises; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted; On-premises software; Self-hosted Linux VM; Graylog Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Elastic Stack

Self-managed or Elastic Cloud regions

Graylog

Customer-controlled for self-hosted; US and EU for Graylog Cloud

Key features

What it offers

Elastic Stack

Distributed search engine
Log ingestion pipelines
Data enrichment
Interactive visual dashboards
Log aggregation
Enterprise search
Real-time operational analytics

Graylog

High-throughput log ingestion
Real-time processing pipelines
OpenSearch/Elasticsearch indexing
Customizable dashboards
Alerting engine
Data enrichment
Centralized log aggregation
IT troubleshooting

Platform & access

API access

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Single sign-on (SSO)

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Role-based access (RBAC)

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Multi-tenant

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Mobile app

Elastic Stack

Graylog

Supported platforms

Elastic Stack

On-premisesVirtual MachinesCloudDocker

Graylog

LinuxDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Compliance

Elastic Stack

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Graylog

GDPRHIPAAPCI DSSSOC 2 (Cloud)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Elastic Stack

ElasticsearchKibanaLogstashBeatsREST APIs

Graylog

ElasticsearchOpenSearchKafkaMongoDBDockerKubernetesSyslogBeats

Industries

Elastic Stack

Cross-industrySoftwareEnterprise ITTelecom

Graylog

TechnologyHealthcareFinancial ServicesEducationGovernmentManufacturing+1 more

Regions

Elastic Stack

Global

Graylog

Global

Vendor

Company

Elastic Stack

Elastic

Graylog

Headquarters

Elastic Stack

Mountain View, California, USA

Graylog

Houston, Texas, USA

Company size

Elastic Stack

3,000+

Graylog

201-500

Founded

Elastic Stack

2012

Graylog

2009