Name: Elastic Beats
Rating: 10 (1 reviews)
Author: Elastic

Communications Outsourcing

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Batch Management Software

Kubernetes Monitoring

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Enterprise Feedback Management

Org Chart

Payment Facilitation

Privacy Policy Generators

Project Portfolio Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Online Trading

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Credentialing

Employee Performance Management

HR Compliance

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

AI Governance

Cloud Storage

Container Management

Endpoint Encryption

File Sync and Share

Fraud Detection

HTML Editors

High Availability Cluster

IT Asset Management

Incident Response

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Network Operating Systems

Network Performance Monitoring

Phishing Detection and Response

Remote Monitoring and Management

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

System Monitoring

Traffic Switching

Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

User Virtualization

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Email Marketing

Graphics

Headless CMS

Market Intelligence

Marketing Automation

Online Reputation Management

Social Media Management

Social Media Publishing

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Writing and Proofreading Tools

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Social Commerce

Sales

Intrusion Detection

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Security

Auto Repair

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Emergency Notification

HIPAA Compliance

Homeowner's Association (HOA) Management

Insurance Agency Management

Intelligent Document Processing

Investment Portfolio Management

Retail Analytics

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Elastic Beats is a collection of lightweight data shippers designed to efficiently and securely send data from various sources to the Elastic Stack for search, analysis, and visualization. According to the vendor, it simplifies the process of ingesting and processing different types of data, such as logs, metrics, and network traffic. Elastic Beats claims to be suitable for organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. It is said to be widely used by professionals in IT operations, DevOps, security operations, data analytics, and e-commerce industries.

## Key Features

**Filebeat**: According to the vendor, Filebeat is a lightweight shipper that efficiently collects and sends logs and other data from various sources to Logstash or Elasticsearch. It supports gathering logs from servers, containers, and functions, and can forward data to Logstash for transformation and parsing.

**Metricbeat**: The vendor claims that Metricbeat is a lightweight shipper specifically designed for collecting metric data from systems and services. It is said to support Linux, Windows, and Mac hosts, and can be easily deployed in containerized environments.

**Packetbeat**: According to the vendor, Packetbeat is a lightweight shipper that captures network packets and analyzes network traffic in real-time. It provides visibility into network activity and claims to support the analysis of various protocols and applications.

**Winlogbeat**: The vendor states that Winlogbeat is a lightweight shipper tailored for Windows event logs, which monitors Windows-based infrastructure. It collects event logs and seamlessly sends them to Elasticsearch or Logstash, supporting filtering and parsing of Windows event logs.

**Auditbeat**: According to the vendor, Auditbeat is a lightweight shipper that collects Linux audit framework data. It monitors user activity and processes, sending audit events to the Elastic Stack for analysis.

**Heartbeat**: The vendor claims that Heartbeat is a lightweight shipper focused on uptime monitoring. It allows users to monitor the availability and response time of services and supports multiple protocols, including HTTP, TCP, and ICMP. According to the vendor, it provides real-time insights into service health.

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Elastic Beats
Formerly Packetbeat

Overview

What is Elastic Beats?