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Elastic Observability
Elastic Observability · Mountain View, California, United States · founded 2012
What it is
Elastic Observability brings logs, metrics, application traces, user experience data, and other telemetry together for application and infrastructure monitoring. It supports log analysis with ES|QL, application performance and infrastructure monitoring, incident investigation, alerting, cases, and service level objectives. Other documented capabilities include anomaly detection, an AI Assistant, AI-powered log parsing, LLM observability, and CPU profiling through stack sampling. The platform supports OpenTelemetry and vendor-neutral instrumentation, including native collection without proprietary agents. Deployment options are Serverless, Hosted, and self-managed; self-managed installations can run on customer infrastructure. Serverless pricing is usage-based, with rates varying by telemetry and project tier, and pricing is also available on request. A free plan and 14-day trial are listed. Serverless Complete ingest starts at $0.09/GB for logs and traces and $0.023/GB for metrics; retention starts at $0.019/GB/month for logs and traces and $0.005/GB/month for metrics. Serverless Logs Essentials ingest starts at $0.07/GB and retention at $0.017/GB/month.
For and against
For
- Combines logs, metrics, traces, and user experience data.
- Supports OpenTelemetry data collection without proprietary agents.
- Offers Serverless, Hosted, and self-managed deployment.
- Includes alerting, cases, and service level objectives.
- Lists anomaly detection and an AI Assistant.
Against
- Serverless pricing is usage-based.
- Pricing varies by telemetry and project tier.
- Pricing is also listed as available on request.
The verdict
Elastic Observability covers monitoring and investigation across several telemetry types, with multiple deployment choices. Usage-based rates and project tiers make pricing details important to review before selecting a Serverless option.
Who it suits
It suits teams that want to analyze application and infrastructure telemetry together, using OpenTelemetry or other vendor-neutral instrumentation. Its Serverless, Hosted, and self-managed options serve teams with different deployment preferences.
Plans and prices
Observability Serverless Complete
Full-stack logs, metrics, traces, and synthetic test analysis · SLOs · AI-assisted pipelines and parsing · Machine learning
Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
Observability Serverless Logs Essentials
Ad hoc log analysis · Built-in and custom dashboards · Integrations · Alerts and notifications
Read 29 Sep 2026 · elastic.co
On the record
- 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- Archive export
- Yeselastic.co · read 24 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- Free trial
- The Observability documentation advertises a 14-day free trial with all features included and no setup required.elastic.co · read 29 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yeselastic.co · read 24 Sep 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yeselastic.co · read 24 Sep 2026
- OpenTelemetry
- Elastic Observability supports OpenTelemetry and vendor-neutral instrumentation, including native OpenTelemetry data collection without proprietary agents.elastic.co · read 29 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security and access
- The Observability Serverless Complete tier includes private connectivity and IP filtering.elastic.co · read 29 Sep 2026
- Service availability
- Elastic states that Elastic Cloud Serverless has a 99.95% monthly uptime service level agreement.elastic.co · read 29 Sep 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yeselastic.co · read 24 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
