Blumira vs Elastic Security

Blumira monitors workspaces across SIEM, EDR, ITDR, and cloud environments and surfaces security cases for response. Its platform includes expert-built detections, guided playbooks, and actions such as host isolation and dynamic blocklists. Detect, Respond, and Automate include unlimited data ingestion and one year of log retention; service terms are annual, with multi-year options available. Prices are $12.00, $16.00, and $21.00 per employee/month, respectively. Respond adds Blumira Agent endpoint detections and 24/7 incident support, while Automate adds SOC Auto-Focus AI explanations, automated containment, and API access. Blumira Agent runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints. Connectors cover cloud services, endpoint security, Microsoft Windows and cloud, identity management, firewalls, and MSP ticketing tools. The platform can connect to other tools through its API. Blumira advertises a 30-day trial of Automate. It says it uses Google Cloud and maintains 99.99% uptime, protects data in transit and at rest, and has an independent annual SOC 2 examination.

Elastic Security combines SIEM, XDR, endpoint security, and cloud security for detecting, preventing, and responding to cyber threats. Detection options include prebuilt and customizable rules, machine-learning anomaly detection, and threat hunting. Elastic Defend uses machine learning, behavioral analysis, and prebuilt rules to address endpoint threats; cloud capabilities cover cloud and Kubernetes security posture management, workload protection, and vulnerability management. Elastic Workflows can automate triage, enrichment, response, notifications, and case management. Elastic lists more than 400 prebuilt integrations and up to 1,000 total security and data-source integrations, alongside native OpenTelemetry support. The software can run on Elastic Cloud or self-managed infrastructure, with APIs and query options KQL, Lucene, and ES|QL. The free Basic plan includes SIEM, XDR, and host security analysis. Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer a 14-day free trial. Security Analytics Essentials is listed at $0.09 a month, with retention priced separately; Essentials also includes endpoint protection, while retention is priced separately at as low as $0.017 per retained GB per month. Elastic Cloud uses HTTPS for internet-facing and inter-node communications and encrypts cluster data at rest.