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AttributeSplunkOther licenseElasticOpen sourceElastic CloudOther license
Overview
Primary focusSearch operational data and investigate security eventsSecurity investigation on searchable event dataElastic's managed Elasticsearch platform for search, observability and security
DeploymentSelf-hosted / WebSelf-hostedSelf-hosted
Source modelOther licenseOpen sourceOther license
Pricing modelpaidfreemiumpaid
API availableYesYesYes
Windows desktopYesNot specifiedNot specified
Mobile appNot specifiedNot specifiedNot specified
OverviewSplunk offers a data platform for search and analysis, with a separate Enterprise Security product for SecOps.Elastic Security brings SIEM and endpoint signals onto the Elasticsearch platform.Elastic Cloud is Elastic's hosted Elasticsearch service, offered as fully managed Serverless or resource-based Hosted deployments across AWS, GCP and Azure, covering search, observability and SIEM/security use cases.
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SplunkOther license
Primary focus
Search operational data and investigate security events
Deployment
Self-hosted / Web
Source model
Other license
Pricing model
paid
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Yes
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Splunk offers a data platform for search and analysis, with a separate Enterprise Security product for SecOps.
ElasticOpen source
Primary focus
Security investigation on searchable event data
Deployment
Self-hosted
Source model
Open source
Pricing model
freemium
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Not specified
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Elastic Security brings SIEM and endpoint signals onto the Elasticsearch platform.
Elastic CloudOther license
Primary focus
Elastic's managed Elasticsearch platform for search, observability and security
Deployment
Self-hosted
Source model
Other license
Pricing model
paid
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Not specified
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Elastic Cloud is Elastic's hosted Elasticsearch service, offered as fully managed Serverless or resource-based Hosted deployments across AWS, GCP and Azure, covering search, observability and SIEM/security use cases.

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