From cef5f2286c701b467ed63cdf85b63320ebad2d25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Le Borgne Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:17:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Add nuance to current comparison points --- deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md | 54 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md index c4e4bec293..54f317131d 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md +++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md @@ -3,55 +3,55 @@ 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). -## Security features +## Security | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Custom security configurations | Yes | Limited | No | -| Authentication realms and custom roles | Yes | Yes | No | -| Audit logging | Yes | Yes | No | +| [Security configurations](/deploy-manage/security.md) | Full control | Limited control | Limited control | +| [Authentication realms](/deploy-manage/users-roles.md) | Available | Available | Available, through Elastic Cloud only | +| [Custom roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles.md) | Available | Available | Available | +| [Audit logging](/deploy-manage/monitor/logging-configuration/configuring-audit-logs.md) | Available | Available | No | -## Management features +## Infrastructure and cluster management | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Full control over configuration | Yes | Limited | No | -| Infrastructure flexibility | Yes | No | No | -| Autoscaling | No | Yes | Yes | -| Data tiers management | No | Yes | No | -| Snapshot management | No | Yes | No | -| High availability and disaster recovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | -| Multi-cloud support | No | Yes | Yes | -| Shard management and replicas | Yes | Yes | No | +| Hosting | Any infrastructure | Elastic Cloud through AWS, Azure, or GCP | Elastic Cloud through AWS or Azure | +| Hardware configuration | Full control | Limited control | Managed by Elastic | +| Autoscaling | No | Available | Automatic | +| Data tiers management | Through ILM policies | Available | No data tiers | +| Snapshot management | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | +| High availability and disaster recovery | Available | Available | Managed by Elastic | +| Shard management and replicas | Available | Available | Managed by Elastic | -## Monitoring features +## Monitoring | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Watcher | Yes | Yes | No | +| [Deployment health monitoring](/deploy-manage/monitor.md) | Monitoring cluster | AutoOps or monitoring cluster | Managed by Elastic | +| [Alerting](/explore-analyze/alerts-cases.md) | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Alerts | -## Data lifecycle features +## Data lifecycle | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Index lifecycle management (ILM) | Yes | Yes | No (uses data streams) | -| Data tiers management | No | Yes | No | -| Snapshot management | No | Yes | No | +| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM | ILM and data tiers | Data stream lifecycle | +| [Snapshot management](/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md) | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | -## Integration features +## Integrations and extensions | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Custom plugins | Yes | No | No | -| Self-managed connectors | Yes | No | Limited | -| Elasticsearch-Hadoop integration | Yes | Yes | No | -| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Yes | Yes | No | -| Cross cluster replication | Yes | Yes | Yes | +| Custom plugins and bundles | Available | Available | No | +| Self-managed connectors | Available | Limited | Limited | +| Elasticsearch-Hadoop integration | Available | Available | No | +| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Available | Available | No | +| Cross cluster replication | Available | Available | No | ## Development and testing features | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| Advanced testing and development | Yes | No | No | -| Java (JVM) customization | Yes | No | No | +| Advanced testing and development | Available | No | No | +| Java (JVM) customization | Available | No | No | From 25941256f7475ee97b92b7af8f6c7ad7550c1092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: florent-leborgne Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:46:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Update deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md Co-authored-by: shainaraskas <58563081+shainaraskas@users.noreply.github.com> --- deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md index 54f317131d..1faa348bd7 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md +++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ This reference provides detailed comparisons of features and capabilities across | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| | [Deployment health monitoring](/deploy-manage/monitor.md) | Monitoring cluster | AutoOps or monitoring cluster | Managed by Elastic | -| [Alerting](/explore-analyze/alerts-cases.md) | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Alerts | +| [Alerting](/explore-analyze/alerts-cases.md) | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Watcher or Kibana alerts | Alerts ([why?](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-features-replaced)) | ## Data lifecycle From 3adc58c902c24d85717f458a0511f92addf5286a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: florent-leborgne Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:47:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Update deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md Co-authored-by: shainaraskas <58563081+shainaraskas@users.noreply.github.com> --- deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md index 1faa348bd7..83eebfc93a 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md +++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ This reference provides detailed comparisons of features and capabilities across | Custom plugins and bundles | Available | Available | No | | Self-managed connectors | Available | Limited | Limited | | Elasticsearch-Hadoop integration | Available | Available | No | -| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Available | Available | No | -| Cross cluster replication | Available | Available | No | +| Cross cluster search (CCS) | Available | Available | [Planned](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-feature-planned) | +| Cross cluster replication | Available | Available | [Planned](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-feature-planned) | ## Development and testing features From 7950727d7993594bdf73a07535bed5b1c2d69ea8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: florent-leborgne Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:47:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Update deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md Co-authored-by: shainaraskas <58563081+shainaraskas@users.noreply.github.com> --- deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md index 83eebfc93a..969461cb66 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md +++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This reference provides detailed comparisons of features and capabilities across | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM | ILM and data tiers | Data stream lifecycle | +| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM | ILM and data tiers | Data stream lifecycle ([why?](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-features-replaced)) | | [Snapshot management](/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md) | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | ## Integrations and extensions From 866bf46ec2bc6299923b6f097ac5db72c28a704d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Le Borgne Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:23:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] some fixes --- deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md index 969461cb66..d7113f32e9 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md +++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison.md @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ 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). +For more details about feature availability in Serverless, check [](elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-feature-categories). + ## Security | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | @@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ This reference provides detailed comparisons of features and capabilities across | Feature/capability | Self-managed | Elastic Cloud Hosted | Serverless | |-------------------|-------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| -| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM | ILM and data tiers | Data stream lifecycle ([why?](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-features-replaced)) | +| [Data lifecycle management](/manage-data/lifecycle.md) | ILM, data tiers, data stream lifecycle | ILM, data tiers, data stream lifecycle | Data stream lifecycle ([why?](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/differences-from-other-elasticsearch-offerings.md#elasticsearch-differences-serverless-features-replaced)) | | [Snapshot management](/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md) | Custom | Available | Managed by Elastic | ## Integrations and extensions