Elastic:ThesearchdatabaseforAI|Search,AIagents,Observability,andSecurity|ElasticSkiptomaincontentTheForresterWave™:XDRPlatforms,Q22026AccessreportAboutusPartnersSupport|LoginElasticlogoElasticsearchElasticsearchfor...ContextengineeringGetthemostrelevantcontexttoagentssothattheydeliveraccurateandtrustedoutcomesVectordatabaseEfficientlycreate,store,andsearchvectorembeddingsSearchpoweredapplicationsThespeed,scale,andflexibilitytopowermodernapplicationexperienceLogsCollect,search,explore,andactonlargevolumesThreatprotectionDetect,investigate,andremediatecyberthreatsatscaleonreal-timedataWorkflowsCombinescriptedautomationwithAIreasoningnativelyinElasticsearchElasticsearchcomponentsElasticsearchAdistributed,RESTfulsearchandanalyticsengineKibana(Discover,Dashboards)Explore,visualize,andbuilddashboardsusingdatastoredinElasticsearchElasticAgentBuilderBuildcontext-awareagentsfasterthatincorporateallyourdataanddeliverbest-in-classrelevance.AutoOpsEasyclustermanagementwithperformancerecommendations,resourceutilization,andcostinsightsPipedquerylanguageSimplifyworkflowsandacceleratequeryresponseforefficientdataprocessingJinaAIsearchmodelsJinaAIispartofElastic,bringingbest-in-classmodelsforembeddings,rerankers,andURLanddocextractionDeploymentoptionsElasticCloudServerlessZerooperationalloadsothatyoucanbuildfasterStartfreetrialElasticCloudHostedDeployandscaleonanycloudinminuteswithultimatecontrolStartfreetrialSelf-managedElasticsearchRunlocally,viaKubernetes,oryourownorchestrationDownloadSolutionsSearchEcommercesearchImprovecustomerssearchexperienceanddriveconversionCustomersupportsearchHelpcustomersfindsupportinformationquicklyandeasilySearch-drivenappsCreateengagingappsquicklyandeasilywithElasticsearchOverviewObservabilityLoganalyticsCentralizeandanalyzelogsusingSearchAItodetect,investigate,andremediateincidentsInfrastructuremonitoringMonitor,visualize,andanalyzethehealthofyouron-premisesandcloudinfrastructureDigitalexperiencemonitoringImproveusersexperiencewithrealusermonitoring(RUM),synthetictesting,anduptimemonitoringAppperformancemonitoringMonitor,visualize,andanalyzetheperformanceandavailabilityofyourapplicationsAISREElasticnightshiftAISREagentsdetectandinvestigateacrossyourentirestack,withfullcontextLLMobservabilityMonitorandoptimizeLLMperformance,cost,safety,andreliabilityOverviewSecuritySIEMDetect,investigate,andrespondtoevolvingthreatswithAl-drivensecurityanalyticsAgenticSOARAutomatealerttriage,enrichment,andresponsenativelywithElasticWorkflows,noseparateSOARrequiredXDRandendpointsecuritySecureyourendpoints,clouds,andcontainerswithAI-driveninsightsAIforsecurityAutomateyourtriage,investigation,andresponseworkflowswithSearchAIOverviewEnterpriseWhyElastic?10xyourdatasvalueLearnhowyoucantapintoyourunderutilizeddatawithSearchAIKnowledgeHubIndustryFinancialservicesManufacturingPublicsectorRetailTelecommunicationsViewallindustriesBettertogetherCloudprovidersDeploywithyourfavoritecloudmarketplace:AWS,Azure,orGoogleCloudElasticAIEcosystemUseElasticwithbuilt-inintegrationswithleadingAltechnologyprovidersSearchAIPartnerProgramPartnerwithElasticsowecanfindtheanswers,togetherAccoladesAV-ComparativesTopresultin2026Endpoint,Pevention,andResponseTestwith100%protectionscoresandzerofalsealarmsForresterWave™XDRStrongPerformerinTheForresterWave™:XDRPlatforms,Q220262026Gartner®MagicQuadrant™ALeaderin2026Gartner®MagicQuadrant™forEnterpriseAISearchIDCMarketScapeLeaderinthe2026SIEMAssessmentCustomersViewallcustomersstoriesSearchDocusignpowersmillionsofe-signaturesearchesdailywithElasticsearchSecurityUOLslashesincidentresolutiontimeby80%withElasticSecurityObservabilityPepsiboostsefficiencyandreducesMTTRby30%withElasticObservabilityResourcesLaunchGetstartedFollowalongwithbeginnerguidesforeachsolutionDemogalleryPlayinourhands-onsandboxandwatchhow-tovideosDownloadsDownloadElasticsearchnowtogetstartedforfreeIntegrationsEasilyconnectElasticsearchtoallthesystemsthatmatterLearnDocsLearnhowtouseallofElasticsproductsandfeaturesElasticsearchLabsLearnhowtobuildwiththelatestfeaturesandabilitiesElasticSecurityLabsUnderstandthethreathorizonandseethelatestresearchElasticObservabilityLabsExplorewhatsnextinmonitoringandmetrictrendsBlogReadallofthelatestcompanynewsfromElasticsblog ConnectCommunityJoinourcommunityofdevelopersonSlack,GitHub,andmoreEventsAttendyourlocalmeetups,workshops,andElasticWebinarsCheckoutElasticwebinarsandlearndirectlyfromourexpertsDiscussSharetips,askquestions,andlearnfromotherdevelopersGethelpTrainingLearnElasticforfreeandexpandyourskillswithourcoursesSupportGetexpertadviceonyourElasticsearchdeploymentsforfastresolutionConsultingDrivesuccesswithcustomsupportandconsultingservicesPricingDocsSearchStartfreetrialContactsalesElasticsearch:ThesearchdatabaseforAIElasticsearchpowersElasticSecurity,ElasticObservability,andwhateveryoubuild next.StartfreetrialExploretheplatformSolutionsSecurity,Observability,Search,andAIASIEMingestsandstoresyourdatatodetectthreats.Observabilitydoesthesametoidentifytherootcause.Vectorsearchretrievestherelevantpassage.Agentssearchacrossyourdatatofindtherightanswer.Oneefficientandperformantsearchdatabasepowerseach job.SearchandAIVectorandhybridsearch,reranking,andGPUinferenceinoneAPI.Buildfast,relevantAIappsandagentsoncontextyoucantrust.DiscoverSearchObservabilityFull-signalagenticobservabilityathalfthecost.Best-in-classefficiencyforlogs,metrics,andtraces.DiscoverObservabilitySecurityTheagenticsecurityoperationsplatformforSIEM,endpointprotection,andnativeautomation.DiscoverSecuritySearchandAISearchandAIVectorandhybridsearch,reranking,andGPUinferenceinoneAPI.Buildfast,relevantAIappsandagentsoncontextyoucantrust.DiscoverSearchObservabilityObservabilityFull-signalagenticobservabilityathalfthecost.Best-in-classefficiencyforlogs,metrics,andtraces.DiscoverObservabilitySecuritySecurityTheagenticsecurityoperationsplatformforSIEM,endpointprotection,andnativeautomation.DiscoverSecurityPlatformTheunifieddataplatformforAI,contextengineering,andsomuch moreFromingestionandstoragetoretrieval,visualization,andagenticorchestration,Elasticprovidesaunifieddataplatformfordevelopmentteamstoshipat-scalecontext-drivenAIapplications,faster.Accessbest-in-classcapabilitiesacrosstheAIdatastack—chunking,embeddingmodels,hybridretrieval,andreranking—alloutofthebox,insteadofassemblingandmaintainingapipelineofseparatetools.RuntheElasticplatforminanyenvironmentyourorganizationrequires:inthecloud,on-premises,orserverless.ExploretheplatformQueriesupto30xfasterthanPrometheus,Mimir#1searchengineperDB-EnginesVectormemorycut~95%withBBQFilteredvectorsearchupto8xfasterthanOpenSearchFull-fidelitytelemetryretentionathalfthecostProficiofound34%fasterinvestigations,$1millioninprojectedsavingswithautomatedtriageQueriesupto30xfasterthanPrometheus,Mimir└[∵]┐#1searchengineperDB-Engines(⊙_⊙)Vectormemorycut~95%withBBQ(._.)Filteredvectorsearchupto8xfasterthanOpenSearch★·.·´¯Full-fidelitytelemetryretentionathalfthecost└[∵]┐Proficiofound34%fasterinvestigations,$1millioninprojectedsavingswithautomatedtriage(⊙_⊙)Queriesupto30xfasterthanPrometheus,Mimir└[∵]┐#1searchengineperDB-Engines(⊙_⊙)Vectormemorycut~95%withBBQ(._.)Filteredvectorsearchupto8xfasterthanOpenSearch★·.·´¯Full-fidelitytelemetryretentionathalfthecost└[∵]┐Proficiofound34%fasterinvestigations,$1millioninprojectedsavingswithautomatedtriage(⊙_⊙)Queriesupto30xfasterthanPrometheus,Mimir└[∵]┐#1searchengineperDB-Engines(⊙_⊙)Vectormemorycut~95%withBBQ(._.)Filteredvectorsearchupto8xfasterthanOpenSearch★·.·´¯Full-fidelitytelemetryretentionathalfthecost└[∵]┐Proficiofound34%fasterinvestigations,$1millioninprojectedsavingswithautomatedtriage(⊙_⊙)NewsBlogYouralways-onSREcoworkerTheElasticnightshiftAISREdetectsandinvestigatesacrossyourentirestack—withfullcontextAnalystReportGartner®MagicQuadrant™ElasticnamedaLeaderin2026Gartner®MagicQuadrant™forEnterpriseAISearchBlogCross-projectsearch:Queryisolatedprojectsin‑placeCPSisGA:oneunifiedviewacrossyourServerlessprojectswhiledatastaysinplace.Better,cheaper,fasterWhy75%oftheFortune100choose ElasticElasticsupportsourgoaltohaveobservabilityinasinglepaneofglass,includingmetrics,events,logs,theabilitytocapture100%ofapplicationtraces,andextensionstotheElasticCommonSchema,whichminimizesthelogfieldsingestedby60%.JoeKorchmar,DistinguishedEngineerReadthefullstory60%Reducesingestedlogfieldsby60%100%Captures100%ofapplicationtracesReadthefullstorySeeallcustomerstoriesGettingstartedwithElasticissimple.Startafreetrialnow,nocreditcardrequired.StartfreetrialReaddocsFrequentlyaskedquestionsLearnmoreaboutElasticWhatisElastic?Elasticisatechnologycompany.ElasticbuildstheElasticStack—asuiteofproductsthatincludesElasticsearch(adistributedsearchandanalyticsengine),Kibana(avisualizationandmanagementUI),Logstash(aserver-sidedataingestionpipeline),Beats(lightweightdatashippers),andElasticAgent(aunifiedagentforlogs,metrics,andsecuritydata).Elasticoffersthreesolutions—Elasticsearch,ElasticObservability,andElasticSecurity—allavailableviaElasticCloudServerless,ElasticCloudHosted,orself-manageddeployment.WhatisElasticsearch?ElasticsearchisthesearchdatabaseforAI,adistributed,RESTfulsearchandanalyticsenginethatcanstoreeveryshapeofdataefficiently.ElasticsearchisthecorecomponentoftheElasticStackandisbuiltonApacheLucene,anopensourcesearchlibrary.Elasticsearchstores,indexes,andquerieslargevolumesofstructuredandunstructureddataoveraRESTfulHTTPAPIwithsupportforfull-textsearch,vectorsearch,hybridsearch,andreal-timeanalyticsatscale.WhatisthedifferencebetweenElasticandElasticsearch?ElasticisthecompanyandElasticsearchisthesearchandanalyticsenginethatElasticbuilds.TheElasticStackisthecollectivenameforallElasticproducts—Elasticsearch,ElasticSecurity,ElasticObservability,JinaAI,Kibana,Streams,ElasticContextEngine,ElasticWorkflows,Logstash,Beats,andElasticAgent—andElasticthecompanyismorethananysingleproductinthatstack.AllElasticStackproductsaredeployableviaElasticCloudServerless,ElasticCloudHosted,orself-managedonyourowninfrastructure.WhatisasearchdatabaseforAI?ElasticsearchisthesearchdatabaseforAI.Itcanstoreeveryshapeofdataeconomically,includingdocuments,vectors,logs,metrics,traces,images,geospatial,andmore,inoneengine.Itcansearchdataanywhere.Itsupportsvectorsearchoverdenseembeddings,semanticsearchusingnaturallanguageprocessing,andretrievalaugmentedgeneration(RAG)pipelinesthatgroundlargelanguagemodel(LLM)outputsindocumentsretrievedatinferencetime.Whereatraditionaldatabasereturnsrowsorkeywordmatches,asearchdatabasedeliversranked,preassembledcontextwithrelevance,reranking,andtokenbudgetshandledbytheengine.WhatsolutionsdoesElasticoffer?Elasticoffersthreesolutions:Elasticsearchforenterprisesearch,vectorsearch,vectordatabase,andRAG;ElasticObservabilityforlogs,metrics,traces,andAPM;andElasticSecurityforSIEM,endpointprotection,andnativeautomation.KibanaisthesharedvisualizationandmanagementUIacrossallsolutions,anddataisingestedviaElasticAgent,Beats,orLogstash.AllsolutionsareavailableonElasticCloudServerless,ElasticCloudHosted,andself-managed.HowdoesElasticuseAI?Elasticsearchsupportsvectorsearchoverdensevectorembeddingsandsemanticsearch,whichusesnaturallanguageprocessingtoretrieveresultsbymeaningratherthanexactkeywordmatch.ElasticsearchsupportshybridsearchbycombiningBM25keywordretrievalandvectorretrievalwithreranking.Elasticsearchalsosupportsnativemachinelearningmodelinferenceandretrievalaugmentedgeneration(RAG)pipelinesthatsupplygroundedcontexttoLLMsatinferencetime.Overall,ElasticsearchservesastheretrievalandcontextlayerforAIagents,handlingknowledgebasequeries,memoryretrieval,andtoolcallswithcontinuouslyupdateddata.WhatmakesElasticdifferentfromotherplatforms?TheElasticStackunifiesElasticsearch,ElasticObservability,andElasticSecurityinasingleplatform.Dataindexedoncepowerssearch,monitoring,andthreatdetectionwithoutduplicatinginfrastructure.ElasticsearchisthesearchdatabaseforAI:itstoreseverydatashape—structured,unstructured,vectors,andtelemetry—inoneengine;queriesdatainplaceacrosslakes,warehouses,andblobstoresviaES|QLfederation;andretrievesranked,token-efficientcontextformodelsandagents.Elasticsearchranks#1amongsearchenginesandvectordatabasesonDB-Enginesanddeliversfilteredvectorsearchupto8xfasterthanOpenSearch.IsElasticsearchopensource?Elasticsearchisdual-licensed:thesourcecodeisreleasedunderboththeAGPLv3—anOSI-approvedopensourcelicense—andtheElasticLicense2.0,asource-availablelicensethatrestrictsspecificcommercialuses.ElasticsearchisbuiltonApacheLucene,whichisApache2.0-licensedopensourcesoftware.MostdeveloperscanuseElasticsearchundertheAGPLatnocost;theElasticLicense2.0appliestodeploymentsthatfalloutsidetheAGPLspermittedusecases.Isthereafreetrial?ElasticCloudoffersa14-dayfreetrialwithnocreditcardrequired.ThetrialincludesaccesstobothElasticCloudServerlessandElasticCloudHosted,soyoucanevaluatebothmanageddeploymentmodels.Startyourfreetrial.HowdoIdownloadElastic?ElasticCloudisavailableasElasticCloudServerlessorElasticCloudHostedandrequiresnolocalinstallation.Developersprovisionamanagedclusteratelastic.co/cloudwithoutdownloadinganything.Forself-managedandon-premisesdeployments,Elasticsearch,Kibana,ElasticAgent,Logstash,andBeatsareeachavailableaspackages,Dockerimages,andKubernetesHelmchartsfromtheElasticdownloadspage.Allself-managedproductssupportLinux,macOS,Windows,Docker,andKubernetes.Readytodeployyourdata?StartfreetrialFollowusAboutusAboutElasticLeadershipBlogNewsroomJoinusCareersCareerportalHowwehirePartnersFindapartnerPartnerloginRequestaccessBecomeapartnerTrust&SecurityLegalTrustcenterPrivacyatElasticTradeComplianceEthics&ComplianceInvestorrelationsInvestorresourcesGovernanceFinancialsStockExcellenceAwardsPreviouswinnersElasticTourBecomeasponsorAlleventsAboutusAboutElasticLeadershipBlogNewsroomJoinusCareersCareerportalHowwehirePartnersFindapartnerPartnerloginRequestaccessBecomeapartnerTrust&SecurityLegalTrustcenterPrivacyatElasticTradeComplianceEthics&ComplianceInvestorrelationsInvestorresourcesGovernanceFinancialsStockExcellenceAwardsPreviouswinnersElasticTourBecomeasponsorAlleventsTrademarksTermsofUsePrivacyStatementSitemap©.elasticsearchB.V.AllRightsReservedThiswebsiteandallassociatedcontent,software,discussionforums,products,andservicesareintendedforprofessionaluseonly.Noconsumeruseofthiswebsiteoritscontentisintendedordirected.Elastic,Elasticsearch,andotherrelatedmarksaretrademarks,logos,orregisteredtrademarksofelasticsearchB.V.intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Apache,ApacheLucene,ApacheHadoop,Hadoop,HDFSandtheyellowelephantlogoaretrademarksoftheApacheSoftwareFoundationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Allotherbrandnames,productnames,ortrademarksbelongtotheirrespectiveowners.NoticeatCollection|YourPrivacyChoices