Elastic Agent vs Tenzir

Elastic Agent9.1Visit Tenzir8.8Visit

Higher score Elastic Agent #3 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Elastic Agent

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Tenzir #6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Tenzir

• Elastic Agent fits best

  Elastic-centered teams needing agent management

• Tenzir fits best

  Open-source teams with security-data workflows

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Side by side

Feature	Elastic Agent 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Tenzir 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Telemetry Pipeline Software	#6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software
Best for	Elastic-centered teams needing agent management	Open-source teams with security-data workflows
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, macOS, Linux
Support	Docs, Community	Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	300+ integrations	11 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Elastic Agent 6/6 · Tenzir 6/6
Logs support	✓	✓
Metrics support	✓	✓
Traces support	✓	✓
Transform rules	✓	✓
Multi-destination routing	✓	✓
Data enrichment	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Both	Both
Our review
Pros	Free and open plan includes Fleet management and integrations Collects logs, metrics, traces, and security telemetry Supports more than 300 integrations and multiple outputs	Supports OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces TQL handles transformation, enrichment, storage, and routing Open-source deployment with hosted, local, and self-hosted options
Cons	Advanced security and compliance require Platinum Enterprise features include advanced AI and orchestration Not open source and has no AI features in the agent	Community ingress is limited to 1 TB/day Community edge storage is limited to 1 TB Enterprise and Sovereign pricing requires contacting sales
Our verdict	Elastic Agent is a unified host agent for collecting and forwarding logs, metrics, traces, availability data, and security telemetry into the Elastic Stack. It is aimed at teams that want centralized control through Fleet, with support for… Read the review →	Tenzir is a programmable data pipeline engine for security teams that need to collect, transform, enrich, store, query, and route telemetry. It supports logs, metrics, and traces, including OpenTelemetry ingestion over OTLP/HTTP and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Elastic Agent — where it wins

  • Free and open plan includes Fleet management and integrations
  • Collects logs, metrics, traces, and security telemetry
  • Supports more than 300 integrations and multiple outputs

  Where it doesn't

  • Advanced security and compliance require Platinum
  • Enterprise features include advanced AI and orchestration
  • Not open source and has no AI features in the agent

• Tenzir — where it wins

  • Supports OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces
  • TQL handles transformation, enrichment, storage, and routing
  • Open-source deployment with hosted, local, and self-hosted options

  Where it doesn't

  • Community ingress is limited to 1 TB/day
  • Community edge storage is limited to 1 TB
  • Enterprise and Sovereign pricing requires contacting sales

• Elastic Agent9.1/10 · Free plan

  A free, flexible agent for teams managing telemetry through Elastic and Fleet.

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• Tenzir8.8/10 · Free plan

  A programmable, open-source telemetry pipeline for security-data workflows.

  Visit TenzirFull verdict →