Elastic Observability vs. Lightstep

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Elastic Observability
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Elastic Observability, from Elastic, the makers of Elasticsearch, is a solution that aims to bring logs, metrics, and APM based on the former Opbeat (acquired by Elastic in 2017) traces together at scale in a single stack so users can monitor and react to events happening anywhere in an IT environment. It's free and open to start, and adds the Logs, Metrics, APM (formerly Opbeat), and Uptime modules to the Elastic (ELK) Stack.N/A
Lightstep
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Lightstep's full-context observability platform is designed to provide visibility across microservices, monoliths, and everything in between. Lightstep states that their mission is to deliver confidence at scale for those who develop, operate, and rely upon today's software applications. Lightstep entered into a definitive arrangement to be acquired by ServiceNow in May, 2021. Lightstep is now a ServiceNow company.
$1,200
per year
Pricing
Elastic ObservabilityLightstep
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Elastic ObservabilityLightstep
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
Elastic ObservabilityLightstep
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Elastic ObservabilityLightstep
Likelihood to Recommend
Elastic
We can use this Elastic Observability in our business problems such as Creating internal/operational efficiencies issues, customer relations/service, and business process outcomes issues. This product has a lot of features for the above problems. But this product may be having some issues when charting purposes. But it can adjust for that purpose.
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ServiceNow
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Pros
Elastic
  • Open source code base
  • Community support
  • Is fast in processing
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Cons
Elastic
  • Difficult to setup/maintain
  • Search pattern bar could be more user-friendly
  • Premium subscription features are very expensive
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ServiceNow
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Alternatives Considered
Elastic
Splunk is a very good product but the licensing costs are high; we utilise the best of both worlds by using both products for slightly different purposes. We put the voluminous data with simple use cases in Elastic where it doesn't cost too much and can be searched quickly while putting the less voluminous data with more complex use cases in Splunk so we can take advantage of Splunk's very comprehensive but often much slower SPL search query language
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ServiceNow
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Return on Investment
Elastic
  • Cost management.
  • Good customer increment.
  • Time management.
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