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Elastic vs Malwarebytes

Elastic sells Elastic Security, an open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation. Malwarebytes sells antivirus, VPN, identity theft protection and scam detection software for personal devices such as computers, tablets and phones. CISO Tribune files both under EDR and XDR. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Elastic vs Malwarebytes: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ElasticElastic sells Elastic Security, an open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation.elastic.coMalwarebytesMalwarebytes sells antivirus, VPN, identity theft protection and scam detection software for personal devices such as computers, tablets and phones.malwarebytes.com
What it sells
  • Elastic Security[1][3][5][13]An open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation.
  • SIEM[1][5]A SIEM offered as part of the Elastic Security platform.
  • Elastic XDR[1]Elastic XDR investigates and surfaces findings for approval when something slips through.
  • Attack Discovery[1]Correlates alerts into attack chains.
  • Cloud detection and response[5]A capability of Elastic Security that takes a vendor-agnostic, data-centric approach to cloud security.
  • Elastic Observability[3]Elastic Observability covers logs, metrics, traces, and APM.
  • Elasticsearch[3][7]A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine.
  • Premium Security[4][5]Antivirus designed to protect personal devices and data in real-time.
  • Browser Guard[4][5]Blocks unwanted and unsafe content while browsing.
  • Privacy VPN[4][14]A VPN for staying secure and private on Wi-Fi or hotspots.
  • Identity Theft Protection[4][5]Scans the dark web and other sources for personal information.
  • Mobile Security[4][5][7]Malware detection before installation on Android devices.
  • Android Virus Scan[7]A free Android virus scan for malware, spyware, keyloggers and more.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSanta Clara, United States[3]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2008[2][4]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • October 7, 2026Elastic introduced AlertZero, an AI SOC automation feature for Elastic Security that uses four agents, each with one job.[13]
  • October 5, 2026Malwarebytes launched Scam Link Check, a free web tool that lets anyone check whether a website link is safe before clicking it.[19]
  • July 22, 2026Malwarebytes appointed Michael Weissman to its Board of Directors and hired Joey Klein as Senior Vice President of Product.[20]
  • July 22, 2026Malwarebytes appointed Netspend CEO Michael Weissman to its board.[10]
  • June 3, 2026Malwarebytes launched a free reverse phone check for consumers to identify potential scam numbers.[9]
  • May 6, 2026Malwarebytes appointed Chung Ip as Chief Financial Officer.[18]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[11]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Financial institutions are a named audience, with Elastic saying it helps them harness all their data to uncover insights and optimize operations. Security teams that already run cloud security tools can bring their analytics into Elastic Security. Elastic offers deployment in the cloud, on-premises, or serverless for organizations that require a particular environment.From its own pages, Malwarebytes sells mainly to individuals and families who want to protect personal devices. Its pages also reference security for personal and business devices and for a team's devices. Malwarebytes offers protection for Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Android, and iOS devices.
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November 3, 2026November 9, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Elastic and Malwarebytes are both filed under EDR and XDR.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Elastic's primary category is SIEM; Malwarebytes's is EDR and XDR.
  • Elastic is also filed under SOAR and security automation. Malwarebytes is also filed under MDR and managed SOC and Identity threat detection and response.
  • Elastic lists Elastic Security, SIEM, Elastic XDR, Attack Discovery, Cloud detection and response and 2 more. Malwarebytes lists Premium Security, Browser Guard, Privacy VPN, Identity Theft Protection, Mobile Security and 1 more.
  • Malwarebytes is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
  • Malwarebytes was founded in 2008.

What it sells: Elastic

What Elastic Security does[1][3][5][13]
Agents work the full lifecycle from ingestion through response and show how they got there. The platform includes native SIEM, XDR, and automation capabilities.
What SIEM does[1][5]
Elastic Security chases down alerts, finds correlations and gives visibility into what it found. Elastic Security offers continuous monitoring and detection across cloud workloads, containers, infrastructure, network traffic, APIs, audits, and system logs, directly within the SIEM.
What Elastic XDR does[1]
When something slips through, Elastic XDR and the agentic layer investigate and surface findings for approval. Elastic Security offers endpoint security as part of its platform.
What Elastic Observability does[3]
Elastic Observability is one of three solutions that Elastic offers. Elastic Observability is available via Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed deployment.
What Elasticsearch does[3][7]
Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine that can store every shape of data efficiently. Elasticsearch is the core component of the Elastic Stack and is built on Apache Lucene, an open source search library. Elasticsearch covers enterprise search, vector search, vector database, and RAG.

What it sells: Malwarebytes

What Premium Security does[4][5]
Malwarebytes Premium Security is an antivirus solution designed to protect personal devices and data in real-time. Malwarebytes says Premium Security stops sophisticated cyber threats that traditional antivirus tools often miss.
What Privacy VPN does[4][14]
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN helps people stay secure and private when using Wi-Fi or hotspots. Malwarebytes Privacy VPN can be used on iPhones and iPads, as well as Android, Windows, and Mac. Malwarebytes Privacy is a no-log VPN that never tracks, stores, or shares any of your network data.
What Identity Theft Protection does[4][5]
Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection scans the dark web and other sources for personal information. It provides live agent-supported identity recovery, credit monitoring, and reporting, backed by up to $2 million in identity theft insurance.
What Mobile Security does[4][5][7]
Malwarebytes Mobile Security detects before installation some of the most harmful malware, including trojans, spyware and ransomware. Malwarebytes Mobile Security is free to download on both Google Play and the App store.
What Android Virus Scan does[7]
Malwarebytes offers a free Android virus scan to protect a phone from hackers and cyber threats like malware, spyware, keyloggers and more. Malwarebytes alerts people before they install and run potentially harmful software or apps on an Android device.

Questions about Elastic and Malwarebytes

What do Elastic and Malwarebytes sell?
Elastic sells Elastic Security, SIEM, Elastic XDR, Attack Discovery, Cloud detection and response and 2 more. Malwarebytes sells Premium Security, Browser Guard, Privacy VPN, Identity Theft Protection, Mobile Security and 1 more.
Are Elastic and Malwarebytes in the same category?
They share EDR and XDR. Elastic's primary category is SIEM and Malwarebytes's is EDR and XDR.
Where are Elastic and Malwarebytes headquartered?
Malwarebytes is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
When were Elastic and Malwarebytes founded?
Malwarebytes was founded in 2008.
Who are Elastic and Malwarebytes sold to?
Financial institutions are a named audience, with Elastic saying it helps them harness all their data to uncover insights and optimize operations. From its own pages, Malwarebytes sells mainly to individuals and families who want to protect personal devices.
What have Elastic and Malwarebytes announced recently?
October 7, 2026: Elastic introduced AlertZero, an AI SOC automation feature for Elastic Security that uses four agents, each with one job. October 5, 2026: Malwarebytes launched Scam Link Check, a free web tool that lets anyone check whether a website link is safe before clicking it.

About Elastic

Elastic sells Elastic Security, an open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation. Elastic offers three solutions: Elasticsearch, Elastic Observability, and Elastic Security. Elasticsearch is the search and analytics engine that Elastic builds. Elasticsearch is the core component of the Elastic Stack and is built on Apache Lucene, an open source search library. Elastic Observability covers logs, metrics, traces, and APM, and Elasticsearch covers enterprise search, vector search, vector database, and RAG.[1][3][12]

Elastic Security includes native SIEM, XDR, and automation capabilities. Elastic Security lets customers use their data with the LLM of their choice, including frontier or on-premise models. Elastic Security has 400+ prebuilt integrations to support an existing toolset. Elastic Security integrations normalize data and include prebuilt dashboards, so a team can investigate a new source without writing parsers. Elastic describes a problem where detection, investigation, and response are spread across separate tools and context gets lost between them.[1][5]

Elastic Security chases down alerts, finds correlations and gives visibility into what it found. Attack Discovery correlates alerts into attack chains and investigates the activity behind them. When something slips through, Elastic XDR and the agentic layer investigate and surface findings for approval. Elastic Security users can create agents or automate their security operations using Workflows.[1][4]

Elastic Security has a cloud detection and response (CDR) capability that takes a vendor-agnostic, data-centric approach to cloud security with agentless integration. Elastic Security can integrate cloud analytics from existing tools.[5]

Elasticsearch, Elastic Observability, and Elastic Security are available via Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed deployment. Elastic Cloud Hosted deploys on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. The Elastic platform runs in the cloud, on-premises, or serverless. Elastic on AWS runs prebuilt SaaS solutions for search, observability, and security. Elastic on Microsoft Azure deploys Elasticsearch directly within the Azure portal. Elastic Cloud receives data through native integrations on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Kibana is the shared visualization and management UI across all Elastic solutions, and data is ingested via Elastic Agent, Beats, or Logstash.[3][6][7][8]

Elastic is FedRAMP Moderate Authorized on AWS GovCloud (US) and has received an in-process designation for FedRAMP High. Elastic is an authorized CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) where it assigns CVE IDs to vulnerabilities. Many organizations use the Elastic Stack as their central security analytics platform. Sitecore uses Elastic in its Security Operations Center. Sitecore has used more than 400 use cases from the Elastic open-source community and has written more than 60 custom use cases.[1][2][3][5][6][9][10][11]

Elastic on the record

Sources

Elastic full record

  1. [1]Elastic Security: Agentic SIEM, EDR, XDR, and automation | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutElastic · elastic.co · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Elastic: The search database for AI | Search, AI agents, Observability, and Security | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Elastic Cloud Serverless pricing for Elastic Security | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Cloud security analytics for (CDR) | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI in financial services: Elastic for AI-powered search | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Official Elastic Cloud pricing — compare serverless and hosted offerings | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Elasticsearch Integrations | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Product Security at Elastic | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Elasticsearch GDPR and Elastic Stack GDPR Compliance | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Sitecore protects IT platforms and reduces security costs with Elastic | Elastic CustomersElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Migrate to Elastic across any cloud | ElasticElastic · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Blogs | Elastic Security LabsElastic Security Labs · published October 7, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Elastic Email Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

Malwarebytes full record

  1. [1]threatdown.comMalwarebytes (ThreatDown) · threatdown.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Malwarebytes announces acquisition of leading online privacy company cyrus 301908393Malwarebytes via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published August 24, 2023 · Tier A
  3. [3]CompanyMalwarebytes · malwarebytes.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]All-in-One Protection: Antivirus, VPN & Scam Guard | Best AntivirusMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Scam detector | Real-time free scam detection for iOS and AndroidMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]How to Speed Up Your Computer | MalwarebytesMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Android Virus Scan | Scan your Android phone for virusesMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Malwarebytes Appoints Chung Ip as Chief Financial OfficerMalwarebytes · published May 6, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Malwarebytes Launches Free Reverse Phone Check to Help Consumers Identify Potential Scam NumbersMalwarebytes · published June 3, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Malwarebytes Strengthens Consumer Growth Strategy with Appointment of Netspend CEO Michael Weissman to BoardMalwarebytes · published July 22, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Malwarebytes for Teams Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 26, 2026 · Tier C
  12. [12]Antivirus with VPN | MalwarebytesMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Malwarebytes tools & solutionsMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Ad Blocker for iPhone | Ad Blocker for iOSMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]VPN for crypto | MalwarebytesMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Antivirus for Gaming | Antivirus for Gaming PCMalwarebytes · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Malwarebytes Brings Real-time Scam Detection and Threat Intelligence to AI Conversations with Claude ConnectorMalwarebytes · published April 29, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Malwarebytes Appoints Chung Ip as Chief Financial OfficerPR Newswire · published May 6, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Malwarebytes Launches Free Scam Link Check So Anyone Can Verify a Link is Safe Before They ClickMalwarebytes · published October 5, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Malwarebytes Strengthens Consumer Growth Strategy with Appointment of Netspend CEO Michael Weissman to BoardPR Newswire · published July 22, 2026 · Tier A

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