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Elastic vs Sematext

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Elastic

Software

Search AI powered by Elasticsearch

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Sematext logo

Sematext

Software

Full Stack Observability Platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Sematext has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Elastic the 99.95% monthly uptime SLA is only offered on the Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers of Hosted deployments, not on lower tiers, per elastic.co, August 2026; Sematext the $5 Basic plan caps ingestion at 500 MB a day and retains logs for 7 days

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Elastic and Sematext actually diverge.

Attributes where Elastic and Sematext differ
AttributeElasticSematext
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelUnknownusage-based
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Api
FoundedUnknown2007

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Elastic

Nothing recorded that Sematext does not also cover.

Only in Sematext

  • Log aggregation
  • APM
  • Metrics monitoring
  • Anomaly detection
  • API
  • Webhooks
  • REST
  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Elastic

No use cases recorded yet. See the Elastic review.

Sematext

  • Centralised log management and search across servicesnot Elastic
  • Infrastructure and application monitoring alongside logsnot Elastic

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Elastic

  • The 99.95% monthly uptime SLA is only offered on the Platinum and Enterprise subscription tiers of Hosted deployments, not on lower tiers, per elastic.co, August 2026

Sematext

  • The $5 Basic plan caps ingestion at 500 MB a day and retains logs for 7 days
  • Ingestion and storage are billed on separate meters, at $0.10 per GB received and $0.15 per GB stored
  • Retention is a plan property rather than a setting, so keeping logs longer means moving tier
  • The published pricing page renders Standard and Pro figures from unresolved template placeholders, so only the Basic numbers are actually readable

Pricing, plan by plan

Elastic

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Elastic review.

Sematext

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Log aggregation
    • APM
    • Metrics monitoring

Which should you pick?

Choose Elastic if

Nothing in the data separates Elastic from Sematext on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Elastic review

Choose Sematext if

  • You need log aggregation.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want apm.
Sematext review

Questions people ask

Is Elastic or Sematext better?
Neither clearly leads. Elastic starts at On request and Sematext at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Elastic or Sematext?
Sematext has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Elastic and Free for Sematext.
Does Elastic or Sematext run on more platforms?
Elastic runs on Web. Sematext runs on Web, Api.
Can I use Sematext for free?
Yes. Sematext has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Elastic starts at On request.
What can Elastic do that Sematext cannot?
Sematext covers Log aggregation, APM, Metrics monitoring, Anomaly detection.
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