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Elastic Security

Search-based observability on the Elastic stack, self-managed or serverless

Overview

Elastic Security is the SIEM and extended detection product of Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch. It combines AI-driven security analytics, native SOAR automation through Elastic Workflows, and endpoint protection through the Elastic Defend agent, which covers ransomware, memory and behaviour prevention[14][15]. Its AI features are model-agnostic: customers can use Elastic Managed LLMs or connect models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and others[15].

Elastic offers more deployment choice than most rivals: Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted on major clouds, or self-managed software that can be run locally or on Kubernetes[14]. The company states that it was named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape SIEM assessment and in The Forrester Wave for security analytics platforms in Q2 2025, and a Strong Performer in the Q2 2026 Forrester Wave for XDR platforms[15].

Elastic reported revenue of US$1.74 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 April 2026[25]. Its serverless security pricing is published and usage-based, with ingest from US$0.09 per GB and retention from US$0.017 per GB per month on the Essentials tier, effective 1 November 2025[14]. Self-managed deployments shift operational work, such as cluster sizing and upgrades, onto the customer.

What Elastic Security does

  • Logs, metrics, APM and profiling on Elasticsearch
  • Serverless, hosted and self-managed options
  • Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry
  • Separate low-cost Logs Essentials tier
  • AI assistant for investigations
  • Elastic APM agents and OpenTelemetry ingest
  • Logs, metrics and traces in Elasticsearch
  • Service maps and latency correlations

Elastic Security pricing

Serverless: Logs Essentials from US$0.07/GB ingest and US$0.017/GB/month retention; Complete from US$0.09/GB ingest and US$0.019/GB/month retention; metrics on Complete US$0.023/GB ingest (pricing effective 1 July 2026). Free trial available; length not stated on the page.

Elastic Security strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Low per-GB ingest and retention prices
  • Excellent full-text log search
  • Can be self-managed
  • OpenTelemetry-first collection options
  • Strong log search alongside APM
  • Self-managed option for data sovereignty

Limitations

  • Self-managed clusters require tuning expertise
  • APM experience less automatic than agent-led rivals
  • Multiple deployment models complicate comparisons
  • Trial length not published
  • Self-managed clusters require operational expertise
  • Feature set differs between deployment options

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