Logz.io - Comparison

Evaluating DevOps tools, databases, or other ITOps technologies? Our comparisons will help you learn about some of the most popular tools on the market and provide insights on the pros and cons of each.

ELK Stack
Solr-ELK

Solr vs. Elasticsearch: Who’s The Leading Open Source Search Engine?

Both were built on top of the Apache Lucene, but there are great differences in terms of...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Jul 19th, 2020
DevOps
Elasticsearch-vs-MongoDB

Elasticsearch vs. MongoDB

Elasticsearch and MongoDB are the two most popular distributed datastores used to manage NoSQL data. Both of...

Gedalyah Reback
Gedalyah Reback
May 19th, 2020
DevOps

Grafana vs. Graphite

This blog post will pit Grafana vs Graphite two of the most popular observability tools on the...

Mike Elsmore
Mike Elsmore
Apr 7th, 2020
DevOps

Prometheus vs. InfluxDB: A Monitoring Comparison

Monitoring has been around since the dawn of computing. Recently, however, there’s been a revolution in this...

Mike Elsmore
Mike Elsmore
Mar 23rd, 2020
DevOps

Comparing Apache Hive vs. Spark

A comparison of Hive vs. Spark examining features, capabilities, integrations, architecture, history and more. Find the best...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Aug 5th, 2019
DevOps

Metricbeat vs. Telegraf: Side-by-Side Comparison

Our comparison of metricbeat vs. telegraf shows both metric collector's strengths and weaknesses as well as how...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jun 20th, 2019
DevOps

Cassandra vs. MongoDB vs. Hbase: A Comparison of NoSQL Databases

There are many NoSQL databases on the market, each of which has pros and cons. Our comparison...

Evan Klein
Evan Klein
Updated on: Mar 19, 2020
DevOps

Kubernetes as a Service: GKE vs. AKS vs. EKS

Hosted Kubernetes Services: The Battle Between Google Kubernetes Engine, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Amazon Elastic Container Service...

Evan Klein
Evan Klein
Jun 11th, 2019
Cloud
cloud comparison

Cloud Comparison: Oracle, IBM, Alibaba

Cloud adoption is growing and competition in the space is intensifying. Here's our comparison of Oracle, IBM,...

Evan Klein
Evan Klein
May 2nd, 2019
DevOps
nano vs micro

Nanoservices vs. Microservices

What's the difference between nonoservices and microservices? Learn the pros and cons of each technology and find...

Evan Klein
Evan Klein
Apr 17th, 2019
DevOps

SIEM vs. Security Analytics

Contemplating using either a SIEM or Security Analytics solution? Find out which one best suits your needs...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jan 29th, 2019
DevOps
automation servers

Battle of the Automation Servers: Jenkins vs. Bamboo vs. TeamCity

Evaluate which automation server best suits your needs with our comparison between the three most popular: Jenkins,...

Ofer Velich
Ofer Velich
Jan 21st, 2019
DevOps
relational database comparison

Sqlite vs. MySQL vs. PostgreSQL: A Comparison of Relational Databases

What is the best relational database for your business? Find out in our comprehensive comparison between SQLite,...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Nov 8th, 2018
DevOps
serverless vs containers

Serverless vs. Containers

The topic of serverless vs. containers is constantly under debate. Read on to learn their tradeoffs and...

Yan Cui
Yan Cui
Aug 17th, 2018
DevOps
prometheus vs. graphite

Prometheus vs. Graphite: Which Should You Choose for Time Series or Monitoring?

Looking into time series monitoring solutions? Here's our comparison of Prometheus vs. Graphite, two of the most...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Aug 9, 2020
DevOps
zipkin vs jaeger

Zipkin vs Jaeger: Getting Started With Tracing

Getting started with tracing? Learn which tool is best for you. Read our side by side...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jul 12th, 2018
DevOps
hosted kubernetes

5 Hosted Kubernetes Platforms

There are many hosted Kubernetes platforms that have been developed due to Kubernetes's explosion in popularity. Here...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jul 5th, 2018
DevOps
Fluentd vs Fluent Bit

Fluentd vs. Fluent Bit: Side by Side Comparison

Fluentd and Fluent Bit are two popular log aggregators. Find out the similarities and differences between Fluentd...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Mar 25, 2020
DevOps
commercial siem tools

Top 5 Commercial SIEM Tools

Learn about the top 5 commercial SIEM tools (pros, cons, etc.) and find out which one will...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jun 14th, 2018
ELK Stack
Grafana-vs.-Kibana

Grafana vs. Kibana: The Key Differences to Know

Kibana and Grafana are two open source tools that can visualize and understand trends within vast amounts...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Updated on: Apr 7, 2020
Cloud
AWS Triple Threat Match: EKS vs. ECS vs. Fargate

AWS EKS, ECS and Fargate: Understanding the Differences

It is 2018. Most businesses are using containers, some still hesitate to adapt, but who hasn’t heard...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Mar 26th, 2018
DevOps

Terraform vs. Ansible vs. Puppet

Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet are all popular IAC tools with vibrant communities. Read this article to learn...

Ofer Velich
Ofer Velich
Mar 6th, 2018
DevOps
Kubernetes

The Rise of Kubernetes in 2017

Kubernetes is the world’s most popular container orchestration tool. In 2017, it rose to dominance because of...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Updated on: Feb 23, 2020
Cloud

How do Hadoop and Spark Stack Up?

With each year, there seem to be more and more distributed systems on the market to manage...

Amir Kalron
Amir Kalron
Updated on: Jan 16, 2020
DevOps

Why We Chose Kubernetes Over Mesos (DC/OS)

Kubernetes is the leading container orchestration tool, but there are many others including Mesos, ECS, Swarm, and...

Roi Ravhon
Roi Ravhon
Dec 19th, 2017
DevOps
InfluxDB-vs-Elasticsearch

InfluxDB vs. Elasticsearch for Time Series Analysis

Storing a large amount of time series data can be tough. Find out the pros and cons...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Oct 23rd, 2017
Cloud
Lambda_Azure Functions_Google Functions

AWS Lambda vs. Azure Functions vs. Google Functions

A side-by-side comparison exploring the pros and cons of the leading serverless platforms: AWS Lambda, Azure Functions,...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Aug 8th, 2017
ELK Stack
filebeat-vs-logstash

Filebeat vs. Logstash: The Evolution of a Log Shipper

People are still confused by the differences. This post sheds light on what makes them alternatives to...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Feb 26, 2020
Cloud
aws miscrosoft azure

Azure vs. AWS RDS: Which Service Is Right for Your Cloud Database Requirements?

There are many differences between the DBaaS offerings on the market. Here, we explore the solutions of...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Mar 21st, 2017
Cloud
aws google cloud platform

Google Cloud vs AWS: Comparing the DBaaS Solutions

Comparing the DBaaS options of AWS and GCP in terms of the types of databases offered, the...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Mar 7th, 2017
DevOps
bigquery vs athena

BigQuery vs. Athena: User Experience, Cost, and Performance

BigQuery analyses data in Google Cloud Storage or Google Cloud Datastore. Athena does the same for data...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Jan 23rd, 2017
DevOps

Chef vs. Puppet: Methodologies, Concepts, and Support

More companies are using configuration management tools in continuous integration strategies. Here's a comparison of two popular...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Jan 16th, 2017
DevOps
kafka redis

Kafka vs. Redis: Log Aggregation Capabilities and Performance

Kafka and Redis are used for log aggregation. In this post, we compare the two in regards...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Nov 23rd, 2016
ELK Stack

Heka vs. Logstash: A Tale of Two Log Processors

Heka and Logstash are two data processing tools that are similar but still have important differences. As...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Mar 14th, 2016
DevOps

Is Open Source Overtaking Splunk?

No conversation on log analytics can occur without beginning with Splunk. But is open-source ELK overtaking the...

Tomer Levy
Tomer Levy
Nov 19th, 2015
ELK Stack
fluentd-logstash

Fluentd vs Logstash: A Comparison of Log Collectors

If you are using either Logstash or Fluentd, you are miles ahead of the curve when it...

Noni Peri
Noni Peri
Updated on: Jun 3, 2020