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Product	Graylog by Graylog View product	Elastic Stack by Elastic View product
Overview
What it is	Graylog covers high-throughput log ingestion and real-time processing pipelines for centralized log aggregation and IT troubleshooting. Compare top Log Management tools.	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.
Product type	Centralized Log Management & Operational Analytics Platform	Search, Log & Analytics Stack
Best for	Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education, Government, Manufacturing, Higher Education	Cross-industry, Software, Enterprise IT, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudOn-Premise	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-premises; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted; On-premises software; Self-hosted Linux VM; Graylog Cloud SaaS	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Open-source; Self-hosted; Elastic Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Customer-controlled for self-hosted; US and EU for Graylog Cloud	Self-managed or Elastic Cloud regions
Key features
What it offers	High-throughput log ingestion Real-time processing pipelines OpenSearch/Elasticsearch indexing Customizable dashboards Alerting engine Data enrichment Centralized log aggregation IT troubleshooting	Distributed search engine Log ingestion pipelines Data enrichment Interactive visual dashboards Log aggregation Enterprise search Real-time operational analytics
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	LinuxDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP	On-premisesVirtual MachinesCloudDocker
Compliance	GDPRHIPAAPCI DSSSOC 2 (Cloud)	SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ElasticsearchOpenSearchKafkaMongoDBDockerKubernetesSyslogBeats	ElasticsearchKibanaLogstashBeatsREST APIs
Industries	TechnologyHealthcareFinancial ServicesEducationGovernmentManufacturing+1 more	Cross-industrySoftwareEnterprise ITTelecom
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Graylog	Elastic
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, USA	Mountain View, California, USA
Company size	201-500	3,000+
Founded	2009	2012

Graylog

by Graylog

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Elastic Stack

by Elastic

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Overview

What it is

Graylog

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

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.

Product type

Graylog

Centralized Log Management & Operational Analytics Platform

Elastic Stack

Search, Log & Analytics Stack

Best for

Graylog

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

Elastic Stack

Cross-industry, Software, Enterprise IT, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

Graylog

Contact Vendor

Elastic Stack

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Deployment

Deployment options

Graylog

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Elastic Stack

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Graylog

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

Elastic Stack

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

Data residency

Graylog

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

Elastic Stack

Self-managed or Elastic Cloud regions

Key features

What it offers

Graylog

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

Elastic Stack

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

Platform & access

API access

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Single sign-on (SSO)

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Role-based access (RBAC)

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Multi-tenant

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Mobile app

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Supported platforms

Graylog

LinuxDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Elastic Stack

On-premisesVirtual MachinesCloudDocker

Compliance

Graylog

GDPRHIPAAPCI DSSSOC 2 (Cloud)

Elastic Stack

SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Graylog

ElasticsearchOpenSearchKafkaMongoDBDockerKubernetesSyslogBeats

Elastic Stack

ElasticsearchKibanaLogstashBeatsREST APIs

Industries

Graylog

TechnologyHealthcareFinancial ServicesEducationGovernmentManufacturing+1 more

Elastic Stack

Cross-industrySoftwareEnterprise ITTelecom

Regions

Graylog

Global

Elastic Stack

Global

Vendor

Company

Graylog

Elastic Stack

Elastic

Headquarters

Graylog

Houston, Texas, USA

Elastic Stack

Mountain View, California, USA

Company size

Graylog

201-500

Elastic Stack

3,000+

Founded

Graylog

2009

Elastic Stack

2012