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4 | 4 | This reference provides detailed comparisons of features and capabilities across Elastic's deployment options: self-managed deployments, Elastic Cloud Hosted, and Serverless. For a high-level overview of deployment types and guidance on choosing between them, see the [overview](../deploy.md). |
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6 | | -## Security features |
| 6 | +## Security |
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8 | 8 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
9 | 9 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
10 | | -| Custom security configurations | Yes | Limited | No | |
11 | | -| Authentication realms and custom roles | Yes | Yes | No | |
12 | | -| Audit logging | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 10 | +| [Security configurations](/deploy-manage/security.md) | Full control | Limited control | Limited control | |
| 11 | +| [Authentication realms](/deploy-manage/users-roles.md) | Available | Available | Available, through Elastic Cloud only | |
| 12 | +| [Custom roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles.md) | Available | Available | Available | |
| 13 | +| [Audit logging](/deploy-manage/monitor/logging-configuration/configuring-audit-logs.md) | Available | Available | No | |
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14 | | -## Management features |
| 15 | +## Infrastructure and cluster management |
15 | 16 |
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16 | 17 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
17 | 18 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
18 | | -| Full control over configuration | Yes | Limited | No | |
19 | | -| Infrastructure flexibility | Yes | No | No | |
20 | | -| Autoscaling | No | Yes | Yes | |
21 | | -| Data tiers management | No | Yes | No | |
22 | | -| Snapshot management | No | Yes | No | |
23 | | -| High availability and disaster recovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
24 | | -| Multi-cloud support | No | Yes | Yes | |
25 | | -| Shard management and replicas | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 19 | +| Hosting | Any infrastructure | Elastic Cloud through AWS, Azure, or GCP | Elastic Cloud through AWS or Azure | |
| 20 | +| Hardware configuration | Full control | Limited control | Managed by Elastic | |
| 21 | +| Autoscaling | No | Available | Automatic | |
| 22 | +| Data tiers management | Through ILM policies | Available | No data tiers | |
| 23 | +| Snapshot management | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | |
| 24 | +| High availability and disaster recovery | Available | Available | Managed by Elastic | |
| 25 | +| Shard management and replicas | Available | Available | Managed by Elastic | |
26 | 26 |
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27 | | -## Monitoring features |
| 27 | +## Monitoring |
28 | 28 |
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29 | 29 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
30 | 30 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
31 | | -| Watcher | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 31 | +| [Deployment health monitoring](/deploy-manage/monitor.md) | Monitoring cluster | AutoOps or monitoring cluster | Managed by Elastic | |
| 32 | +| [Alerting](/explore-analyze/alerts-cases.md) | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Alerts | |
32 | 33 |
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33 | | -## Data lifecycle features |
| 34 | +## Data lifecycle |
34 | 35 |
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35 | 36 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
36 | 37 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
37 | | -| Index lifecycle management (ILM) | Yes | Yes | No (uses data streams) | |
38 | | -| Data tiers management | No | Yes | No | |
39 | | -| Snapshot management | No | Yes | No | |
| 38 | +| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM | ILM and data tiers | Data stream lifecycle | |
| 39 | +| [Snapshot management](/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md) | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | |
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41 | | -## Integration features |
| 41 | +## Integrations and extensions |
42 | 42 |
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43 | 43 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
44 | 44 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
45 | | -| Custom plugins | Yes | No | No | |
46 | | -| Self-managed connectors | Yes | No | Limited | |
47 | | -| Elasticsearch-Hadoop integration | Yes | Yes | No | |
48 | | -| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Yes | Yes | No | |
49 | | -| Cross cluster replication | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 45 | +| Custom plugins and bundles | Available | Available | No | |
| 46 | +| Self-managed connectors | Available | Limited | Limited | |
| 47 | +| Elasticsearch-Hadoop integration | Available | Available | No | |
| 48 | +| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Available | Available | No | |
| 49 | +| Cross cluster replication | Available | Available | No | |
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51 | 51 | ## Development and testing features |
52 | 52 |
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53 | 53 | | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |
54 | 54 | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| |
55 | | -| Advanced testing and development | Yes | No | No | |
56 | | -| Java (JVM) customization | Yes | No | No | |
| 55 | +| Advanced testing and development | Available | No | No | |
| 56 | +| Java (JVM) customization | Available | No | No | |
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