How Beats differ from Logstash
From what we have understood about Beats, it looks fairly similar to Logstash, wherein we have input plugins that are used to parse the data. So, how does Beats differ? Beats are data shippers shipping data from a variety of inputs such as files, data streams, or logs whereas Logstash is a data parser. Though Logstash can ship data, it's not its primary usage. In a nutshell, Beats and Logstash are similar in functionality, but there are glaring differences between them both in terms of how they are developed and the underlying technology used.
Let's look at the differences between them:
Logstash consumes a lot of memory and requires a higher amount of resources, whereas Beats requires fewer resources and consumes low memory.
Logstash is heavy to install on all the systems from which you want to collect the logs, whereas Beats are lightweight data shippers that will ship your data from multiple systems.
If you are collecting logs from multiple systems, then you...
