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Elastic Observability

Ch 028.7of 107 Log Management Software
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
  2. 2Costsfree trial
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Overview

Elastic Observability is ranked #2 of 107 in log management software on Specifiction, made by Elastic Observability (Mountain View, California, United States). It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. A free trial is offered.

Elastic Observability plans and pricing

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Observability Serverless Complete Not published Usage-based: logs and traces ingest starts at $0.09/GB; metrics ingest starts at $0.023/GB; logs and traces retention is $0.019/GB/month; metrics retention is $0.005/GB/month; egress is 50 GB free, then $0.05/GB transferred per month. Full-stack logs, metrics, traces, and synthetic test analysis · SLOs · AI-assisted pipelines and parsing · Machine learning · Agentic AI and scripted workflows · Private connectivity and IP filtering elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Observability Serverless Logs Essentials Not published Usage-based: ingest starts at $0.07/GB; retention starts at $0.017/GB/month; egress is 50 GB free, then $0.05/GB transferred per month. Ad hoc log analysis · Built-in and custom dashboards · Integrations · Alerts and notifications elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026

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Facts

Log pipelines
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Archive export
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Live log tailing
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Deployment options
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Structured log parsing
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Purpose
Elastic Observability unifies application and infrastructure monitoring by bringing logs, metrics, application traces, user experience data, and other telemetry together for analysis.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Troubleshooting
The platform supports log analysis with ES|QL, application performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, incident investigation, alerting, cases, and service level objectives.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
AI and profiling
Elastic documents zero-configuration anomaly detection, an AI Assistant, AI-powered log parsing with Streams, LLM observability, and Universal Profiling.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
OpenTelemetry
Elastic Observability supports OpenTelemetry and vendor-neutral instrumentation, including native OpenTelemetry data collection without proprietary agents.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations
Elastic says its Serverless offering includes over 350 integrations, and its infrastructure monitoring overview lists more than 400 out-of-the-box integrations.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Deployment
Elastic lists Serverless, Hosted, and self-managed deployment options for Observability; Serverless is fully managed, while self-managed deployments can run on customer infrastructure.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Free trial
The Observability documentation advertises a 14-day free trial with all features included and no setup required.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Support
For Serverless, limited support is included with a Standard subscription; the listed Gold, Platinum, and Enterprise support charges are 5%, 10%, and 15% of consumption.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Service availability
Elastic states that Elastic Cloud Serverless has a 99.95% monthly uptime service level agreement.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Security and access
The Observability Serverless Complete tier includes private connectivity and IP filtering.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026
Pricing basis
Observability Serverless pricing is based on usage, including data ingested and retained, and the listed rates vary by telemetry and project tier.elastic.co · 29 Sept 2026

Company

Founded
2012elastic.co · 28 Sept 2026
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands and Mountain View, California, United Stateselastic.co · 28 Sept 2026

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