# Elastic Security Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Elastic Security the right Data Analysis solution for you? Explore 14 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/233875/Kibana/reviews --- Elastic Security 4.8 (14) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/233875/Kibana/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Elastic Security Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.1 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-14 of 14 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Matthew N. Technical Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Superb search, logging, and analytics platform" April 19, 2021 5.0 Searching a database of parameterized data to provide results to buyers. Ingesting millions of product updates on a daily basis from dozens of distributors. Logging and analyzing user activity for business metrics, system performance, and security. Elasticsearch has been a vital tool for all these use cases. Pros Search functionality is our basic need, and Elasticsearch nails it - scalable, fast, efficient. It is also good at logging, aggregation, and analytics when used in combination with the rest of the Elastic stack. Cons It's complex and can be a challenge to dial in performance unless you have a really vanilla use case. Docs are light on details and examples, so there is a fair amount of trial and error. Review Source JN Jim N. Systems Administrator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Scale, Features, Functionality." September 13, 2019 5.0 Excellent. The ELK stack is the foundation of our audit process, and it's held up really well. The installation can be automated, and archiving in the AWS environment works quite well. We have not yet had a problem in scaling resources to match our resource needs. The integrations with logstash, beats and kibana have been excellent, and used to great effect. Pros Scale: You can run this from a single server or even co-installed on a database or file server. I wouldn't recommend it, but let's just say it will run in a small box. On the top side, Elasticsearch will run in clusters managing multiple Terabytes of data. Features: Excellent flexibility to absorb multiple types of data sources, and great integration with Logstash and Kibana. Cons The upgrades in terms of archived data. This platform changes significantly on an annual basis. If you do a ton of customization, automation, or work with a lot of data, this can be an issue as you will need to update ALL of your data for every upgrade. Alternatives considered [Splunk Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/94317/Splunk/) Reason for choosing Elastic Security When starting up we did not want to be harnessed by the cost of analyzing our data output. Elasticsearch had the capacity to handle our data needs at an essentially zero license cost. Review Source RN RJ N. Co-Founder Computer & Network Security Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A free alternative to paid juggernaughts" April 9, 2018 5.0 I used this software to easily and quickly search SIEM logs. Pros The most appealing aspect of Elasticsearch is the price. It can perform well with a lot of tuning and can be tailored to your needs. Cons Ultimately, Elasticsearch needs a lot of tuning to perform well and a lot of care and feeding to be reliable. The money saved on running Elasticsearch is easily spent two and three fold on specialized labor to keep it running. Review Source MG Mia G. Associate software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Comprehensive Threat Detection" July 30, 2024 5.0 Pros It flagged suspicious login attempts, allowing me to secure my systems immediately. Cons I found it difficult to navigate through all the options and settings at first. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best way to process application log data" September 23, 2020 5.0 We had lots of network-related log files with millions of records to be processed and identify errors, user activity, and many other pieces of information. If we didn't have Elasticsearch its a nightmare to process those. With the help of Elasticsearch, we were able to process those and even visualize them with nice graphs and charts. ultimately we were able to build an automated alerting system when there is an error or unusual user activity in the network system. Pros It's really easy to set up and there are not many configurations need to get started with. It comes with other supporting tools such as Filebeats to collect the logs from the files, Logstash to ship data to Elasticsearch, and Kibana to visualize the data. It processes millions of data within seconds. Elasticsearch can be clustered with multiple nodes and it guarantees higher data availability. Elasticsearch has lots of proper documentation and community support. It's easy to integrate with programming languages such as Java Cons Elasticsearch doesn't provide backward version compatibility. We have to use the same version of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Data is getting saved as files inside Elasticsearch and those can get deleted. There is no easy way to edit the data. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer System Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "One of the best for cloud security" August 31, 2022 4.0 Best to use it with Elastic Search, Logstash, and Kibana. It's to install and configure. Best for monitoring cloud services logs. Pros It's best for IT monitoring and if you use the ELK stacks it becomes very easy to configure and maintain it. It's very fast compared to other products available in the market. The installation and configuration are very easy with good documentation and forum support. Cons The platform is evolving a lot and the new changes and features can be sometimes hard to grasp. One needs to relearn it. The Integration module can be improved to make it easy to integrate with other software. Review Source Animesh S. System Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best for Cloud and ELK Module Security " April 11, 2022 5.0 I have integrated this product with my ELK Module and the best thing is that it is a known product for IT Monitoring and anomaly detection. It is a very simple and easy to use and areliable method for gathering authentication data from service providers. Pros Its adaptability and scalability are quite valuable. We may create a variety of scenarios and obtain logs from different sources. We can change it in multiple ways with the help of Logstash. This makes Elastic's logging search a breeze. It is also faster than any other products available in the market like IBM QRadar. Cons The Integration module has room for improvement. Building integration with any product is a difficult task. Unlike other commercial systems that employ profile integration, this one does not. On the SIEM side, there is also room for improvement for a better user experience. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Application Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great product" March 31, 2022 5.0 Pros This is an amazing tool for a developer to view application logs and analyse issues. The overall user experience is also really good which helps us read data with ease. Even the search feature using KQL is good. Cons It might take some time for newbies to get the hang of it but otherwise a great product. Review Source Md Jahan M. Digital Marketing | Web Development & Design Specialist - Freelance Internet Used the software for: I used a free trial ### ""Analyzing and monitoring application behavior with powerful capabilities"" April 28, 2022 5.0 Pros It's a great tool for developers to examine app logs, and user activity, and fix issues. It's a great tool for data analysis and application management, among other things. Cons If they lower the subscription fee, it would be fantastic. Other than that, it's fantastic! Review Source Bayarmagnay M. Information Security Officer Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Awesome" November 28, 2019 5.0 Pros This software very useful and free for starting project. Cons I fully liked this software. and analyzing some our data. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Front End Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use" May 26, 2022 5.0 Pros Good search capabilities and log stucture Cons A bit hard to find where evertything is in the menu Review Source TK Tolgay K. DevOps Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fast customer service & key element to compliance and security" April 21, 2022 4.0 Pros The product has excellent customization options. We wanted to go to the next step for compliance and security for our organization and we are totally satisfied. There is also o good customer support in our region. Cons There should be more content for the user training and how-to questions. Review Source DB Diego B. Production Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A great tool to manage your security" June 7, 2022 4.0 You should try it, i recommend it. It has done our daily work easier Pros It is an easy to use software. The visual aspect of it is a key feature, and it can do wonders. Cons It takes some time to configure, but no less than other similar apps Review Source AM Alejandro M. Support analyst Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "awesome to use with SELK's tools, and a great tool to search information about a computer attack" December 14, 2017 5.0 Pros \-Amazing API -Very fast to search information -Is easy to install in a server -If you use for pentesting, is a great tool to search information. -is used by Elliot Alderson Cons \-The documentation is poor -Not suitable for transactions. -Don't have support -It is not useful for a personal desktop Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Data Analysis](https://www.capterra.com/data-analysis-software/)[Cybersecurity](https://www.capterra.com/cybersecurity-software/)[Log Analysis](https://www.capterra.com/log-analysis-software/)