Elasticsearch vs Kinetica
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| Figure | Elasticsearch | Kinetica |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | $1.80/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · Ai Databases | 8.4 (#7) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Company | Elastic says it builds Search, Observability, and Security solutions on the Elasticsearch foundation. | Kinetica's contact page lists its address as 8219 Leesburg Pike, Suite 650, Vienna, Virginia 22182. |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Mountain View, California, United States | Vienna, Virginia, United States |
| Integrations | Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash. | Kinetica's vector search page says embedding providers include OpenAI, NVIDIA NIM, and locally hosted models with a compatible inference endpoint. |
| Support | Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier. | Kinetica offers Basic, Standard, and Premium support tiers; Premium includes off-hours and weekend coverage, follow-the-sun case management, and monthly incident reporting. |
Plans
Elasticsearch
- BasicPriced on request
- Standard$99 a month
- Gold$114 a month
- Platinum$131 a month
- Enterprise$184 a month
- Elastic Cloud HostedPrice not published
- Elastic Cloud ServerlessPrice not published
- Self-managed ElasticsearchPriced on request
Kinetica
- Dedicated Cloud$1.80 a month
- Developer EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
In their own words
Elasticsearch
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