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Elastic Agent

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What it is

Elastic Agent collects logs, metrics, traces, availability, security, and other host data through one agent. Fleet supplies a web interface for centrally adding and managing agents and integrations, and can distribute upgrades and policies across thousands of agents at runtime. Administrators can track agent status, configuration, overhead, processes, and versions. Elastic Agent and Fleet include dashboards, visualizations, and ingest pipelines for popular services and platforms, with more than 300 ready-to-use integrations listed across search, security, observability, and cloud providers. Packages are provided for Linux, Windows, and macOS architectures and include a separate otelcol binary for OpenTelemetry Collector components. Elastic describes use across infrastructure, applications, and mobile-device telemetry. Elastic Cloud offers a free 14-day trial with one hosted deployment and three Serverless projects. Trial hosted deployments are limited to one active deployment, 4 GB RAM per availability zone for Elasticsearch data nodes, and up to two availability zones. Elastic directs users to documentation and its community forum for assistance. Paid tiers listed are Standard at $99 a month, Gold at $114 a month, Platinum at $131 a month, and Enterprise at $184 a month.

Spec sheet

Integrations
Elastic Agent and Fleet include out-of-the-box dashboards, visualizations, and ingest pipelines for popular services and platforms.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Headquarters
Amsterdam, NetherlandsRead 28 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Founded
2012Read 28 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Cloud trial
Elastic Cloud offers a free 14-day trial with one hosted deployment and three Serverless projects.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Deployment platforms
The download page provides Elastic Agent packages for Linux, Windows, and macOS architectures.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Fleet management
Fleet provides a web-based UI to centrally add and manage agents and integrations at scale.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Integration catalog
Elastic offers over 300 turn-key integrations covering search, security, observability, AWS, Azure, and GCP.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
OpenTelemetry package
The Elastic Agent package includes a separate otelcol binary that runs OpenTelemetry Collector components.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Pricing model
Elastic Agent's product page states that customers pay for the resources they need and are not charged by ingest.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Runtime operations
Fleet can deploy upgrades and policies across thousands of agents at runtime and track agent status, configuration, overhead, processes, and versions.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Security and compliance
Elastic says its services are independently audited and certified for standards including FedRAMP High and Moderate, PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOC 3, and HIPAA.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Support resources
Elastic directs Elastic Agent users to its documentation and community forum for questions and help.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Target users
Elastic describes Elastic Agent use across search, observability, and security use cases for infrastructure, applications, and mobile-device telemetry.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Trial limits
During the trial, hosted deployments are limited to one active deployment, 4 GB RAM per availability zone for Elasticsearch data nodes, and up to two availability zones.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Unified collection
Elastic Agent collects logs, metrics, traces, availability, security, and other data from each host through one unified agent.Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

Plans and prices

Standard $99 a month As low as Distributed Elasticsearch across AWS, Azure, GCP · centralized ingest and agent management · limited web support Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Gold $114 a month As low as Everything in Standard · reporting · third-party alerting · business-hours phone and web support Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Platinum $131 a month As low as Everything in Gold · machine learning · cross-cluster replication · 24/7/365 support · 99.95% monthly uptime SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co
Enterprise $184 a month As low as Everything in Platinum · Elastic Agent Builder · Elastic Workflows · premium 24/7/365 support · 99.95% monthly uptime SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · elastic.co

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Collects logs, metrics, traces, and security data.
  • Fleet manages agents and policies centrally.
  • Offers more than 300 integrations.
  • Packages support Linux, Windows, and macOS.
  • Free plan is listed.

Limits

  • Cloud trial permits one active hosted deployment.
  • Trial data nodes are limited to 4 GB RAM per zone.
  • Trial hosted deployments allow up to two zones.
  • Paid tiers are listed from $99 a month.

Who it suits

Elastic Agent suits teams collecting telemetry across infrastructure, applications, or mobile devices for search, observability, and security work. Fleet's central controls are relevant to organizations managing agents at scale.

Verdict

Elastic Agent combines host data collection with Fleet's central agent management and broad integration catalog. The free plan and Cloud trial have different stated terms, so review trial limits alongside the listed paid tiers.

Where Specifiction places it

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