Azure Monitor vs Elastic Observability
| Azure Monitor | Elastic Observability | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, Web, Windows | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Log retention | — | 30 days |
| Log pipelines | — | Yes |
| Archive export | — | Yes |
| Live log tailing | — | Yes |
| Deployment options | — | both |
| Structured log parsing | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Log Management Software, Best Kubernetes Monitoring. On Everything Xiaomi, Elastic Observability scores higher on our published basis.