Elastic Security Review (2026)
- Starting price
- Free tier available
- Free trial
- Free tier + 14 days
- Deployment
- Cloud + self-host
- Best for
- Teams wanting an open, search-powered SIEM with consumption pricing and no per-endpoint fees
Our verdict
Elastic Security earns 8.2/10 in our review, weighted from 4.5/5 (~23 G2 reviews) and its feature/pricing profile. An open, search-first SIEM with genuinely transparent consumption pricing — strong for teams that scale on data, not seats. Best for teams wanting an open, search-powered SIEM with consumption pricing and no per-endpoint fees. Starting price: Free tier available.
Backed by 4.5★ · 23 reviews on G2.
Pros & cons
✓ Pros
- No per-endpoint fees
- Transparent per-GB pricing
- Free self-managed option
✕ Cons
- Data-volume costs scale fast
- Tuning + management overhead
- Advanced AI gated to Complete tier
Key features
- Search-powered SIEM + analytics
- Built-in EDR + cloud security
- Prebuilt detection rules + MITRE ATT&CK
- ML anomaly detection
- Consumption-based pricing (no per-endpoint fee)
- Open + self-host or serverless
How Elastic Security compares
| Elastic Security | Microsoft Sentinel | Splunk Enterprise Security | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier available | $4.3/GB ingested (PAYG, East US) | Custom quote |
| Pricing model | per gb | per gb | quote |
| Free trial / tier | Free tier + 14 days | 31 days | 14 days |
| Best for | Teams wanting an open, search-powered SIEM with consumption pricing and no per-endpoint fees | Microsoft-centric orgs wanting a cloud-native SIEM with deep Entra/Defender integration | Large enterprises needing deep, mature SIEM with extensive integrations and log analytics |
| Deployment | Cloud + self-host | Cloud | Cloud + on-prem |
| G2 rating | 4.5/5 (23) | 4.4/5 (289) | 4.3/5 (222) |
| Capterra rating | — | — | — |
| Our score | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
Full review
Elastic Security review — 8.2/10
An open, search-first SIEM with genuinely transparent consumption pricing — strong for teams that scale on data, not seats. Our score weights 4.5/5 (~23 G2 reviews) against feature breadth and pricing value.
Pricing value
Elastic Security starts at Free tier available on a per gb model with a free tier. See the full pricing breakdown.
Who should buy Elastic Security
Best for teams wanting an open, search-powered SIEM with consumption pricing and no per-endpoint fees. If that is not you, weigh the alternatives.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Elastic Security worth it?
- Elastic Security earns 8.2/10 in our review, weighted from 4.5/5 (~23 G2 reviews) and its feature/pricing profile. An open, search-first SIEM with genuinely transparent consumption pricing — strong for teams that scale on data, not seats. Best for teams wanting an open, search-powered SIEM with consumption pricing and no per-endpoint fees. Starting price: Free tier available.
- What does Elastic Security cost?
- From Free tier available — see the pricing page.
Based on aggregated third-party ratings (4.5/5 (~23 G2 reviews)) and Elastic Security's published feature and pricing data. Hands-on testing notes are added as we trial each tool — see how we test.