# Elastic Security review (2026): is it worth it? > SIEM with built-in endpoint protection, billed by data volume Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Elastic Security is a security operations platform that combines SIEM, endpoint protection and response, and workflow automation on the Elastic stack. The endpoint agent, Elastic Defend, covers Linux, macOS and Windows, and the cloud service is billed by the data it ingests and retains. - **Category:** Antivirus & Malware Protection - **Made by:** Elastic - **Website:** https://www.elastic.co/security - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a flat price per device, because the bill follows GB ingested and retained. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Elastic Security's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Endpoint protection with Elastic Defend:** The agent applies behavioral protections on Linux, macOS and Windows, and the vendor says they work offline. Ransomware, memory and behavior prevention are in the entry tier. - **SIEM and detection rules:** Prebuilt detection rules, triage, investigation and hunting. Elastic Security Labs writes the rules and publishes them openly on GitHub. - **AI-assisted triage:** Attack Discovery correlates alerts into attack chains, and an AI Assistant helps analysts; both come with the higher Complete tier. - **Workflow automation:** Scripted automation and AI agents run together in Elastic Workflows, so a playbook can call an agent when a step needs judgment. - **Long-term data retention:** Data is kept in a searchable store billed per gigabyte retained, so older logs can be queried without restoring an archive first. ## Good for - Security teams that want SIEM and endpoint protection in one data store - Organizations that already run Elastic for logs or search - Teams that want published detection rules they can read and edit ## Worth knowing - Serverless pricing has two tiers, Essentials and Complete, billed per GB ingested and retained; the page says as low as $0.09 and $0.11 per GB ingested, with no plan price to list. - Per-endpoint fees no longer apply as of March 23, 2026; ingest and retention charges still do. - Advanced endpoint features such as response actions, tamper protection and Device Control are in the Complete tier only. - This is a platform for a security team, not a consumer antivirus; the cost follows how much data is sent in. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Elastic Security is a SIEM with endpoint protection built in, billed per GB of data ingested and retained rather than per device. Response actions, tamper protection and Device Control sit in the dearer Complete tier. The bill follows how much data you send, which is hard to predict. - **Value for money: C.** No plan price: the page says from $0.09 and $0.11 per GB ingested, plus retention, so what you pay depends on your data and cannot be set against per-seat prices. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free Elastic Cloud trial is offered but its length is not stated on the pages read, so it earns a D. - **Features: C.** Endpoint protection, detection rules and AI triage, but response actions, tamper protection and Device Control are Complete only. It is also a SIEM, not a plain antivirus. - **Ease of use: D.** It is a platform for a security team: agents, data ingest and detection rules to tune. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web console and agents for Windows, Mac and Linux, with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes integrations. No phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Elastic's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among antivirus apps - Elastic Security's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 56 other antivirus apps we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 21 of 56) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/antivirus ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Elastic Security you would be making an engine that recognises new malware as it appears. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 56 other antivirus apps grade higher. - You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes **Tags:** Malware protection, AI features, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [CrowdStrike Falcon Go](https://toolgpa.com/tools/crowdstrike-falcon-go): Small-business antivirus with USB device control and mobile protection. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/crowdstrike-falcon-go-vs-elastic-security) - [Huntress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/huntress): Managed endpoint detection and response with a 24/7 human SOC. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elastic-security-vs-huntress) - [Rapid7 InsightIDR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rapid7-insightidr): Rapid7 SIEM and threat detection, now sold as Incident Command. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elastic-security-vs-rapid7-insightidr) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.elastic.co/security - https://www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-security - https://www.elastic.co/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/elastic-security Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).