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Vendor comparison · 2 companies

Elastic vs Sumo Logic

Elastic sells Elastic Security, an open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation. Sumo Logic sells a platform that combines telemetry pipeline control, log analytics, SIEM and DojoAI agents. CISO Tribune files both under SIEM. 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 Sumo Logic: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
ElasticElastic sells Elastic Security, an open, agentic security operations platform that offers SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation.elastic.coSumo LogicSumo Logic sells a platform that combines telemetry pipeline control, log analytics, SIEM and DojoAI agents.sumologic.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.
  • Sumo Logic SIEM[8][14]Sumo Logic SIEM gives security analysts and SOC managers visibility across the enterprise.
  • Cloud SOAR[4][9]Cloud SOAR delivers SOAR functionality in private cloud, single cloud, multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Sumo Logic DojoAI[10]Sumo Logic DojoAI puts agentic AI to work across security and cloud operations.
  • Logs for Security[2][4][11]Logs for Security collects and analyzes cloud-specific logs.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesRedwood City, United States[3]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Francisco Partners since 2023[1][4][5][9][13][19]
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]
  • September 21, 2026Sumo Logic unveiled enhanced Data Pipelines, extending its platform into data pipeline management so customers can control the cost and value of their telemetry.[17]
  • May 21, 2026Sumo Logic announced an integration with the Claude Compliance API that gives security and compliance teams visibility into Claude usage within the platform.[16]
  • May 6, 2026Sumo Logic hired Jeremy Powell as its CISO and Ben Cody as Senior Vice President of Product Management.[18]
  • December 1, 2025Sumo Logic announced new DojoAI agents, including a SOC Analyst Agent, a Knowledge Agent and a Model Context Protocol server.[15]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • 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, Sumo Logic sells to security analysts and SOC managers through its SIEM. Sumo Logic positions one package for small-to-medium-sized DevOps and SecOps teams requiring ad-hoc investigation and troubleshooting. Sumo Logic positions a different package for maturing security teams looking for real-time threat detection, investigation and response. Sumo Logic describes parent org controls for MSSP and other parent org admins managing child orgs. Sumo Logic says its Kubernetes solution works for any setup on premise, AWS, Azure and GCP.
Last verified
November 3, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • SIEM is the primary category of both Elastic and Sumo Logic.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Elastic is also filed under EDR and XDR and SOAR and security automation. Sumo Logic is also filed under Security data lakes and pipelines.
  • Elastic lists Elastic Security, SIEM, Elastic XDR, Attack Discovery, Cloud detection and response and 2 more. Sumo Logic lists Sumo Logic SIEM, Cloud SOAR, Sumo Logic DojoAI and Logs for Security.
  • Sumo Logic is headquartered in Redwood City, United States.
  • Sumo Logic is owned by Francisco Partners, since 2023.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Elastic under SIEM, EDR and XDR, and SOAR and security automation, with SIEM as its primary category. Elastic sells Elastic Security, which it describes as an open, agentic security operations platform offering SIEM, endpoint security, and native automation. Elastic also sells Elasticsearch and Elastic Observability, so its security products sit alongside search and observability products. CISO Tribune files Sumo Logic under SIEM and security data lakes and pipelines, with SIEM as its primary category. Sumo Logic sells Sumo Logic SIEM, Cloud SOAR, Logs for Security, and Sumo Logic DojoAI, which it describes as agentic AI across security and cloud operations.

Both companies sell a SIEM with an AI agent layer. Elastic names Attack Discovery, which correlates alerts into attack chains, and Elastic XDR, which investigates and surfaces findings for approval. Elastic runs in the cloud, on-premises, or serverless. Sumo Logic says its Kubernetes solution works on premise, AWS, Azure and GCP.

Sumo Logic is headquartered in Redwood City, United States, and has been owned by Francisco Partners since 2023. Among customers, Elastic names Sitecore, which uses Elastic in its Security Operations Center, and it names financial institutions as an audience. Sumo Logic says it sells to security analysts and SOC managers through its SIEM. On October 7, 2026, Elastic introduced AlertZero, an AI SOC automation feature for Elastic Security that uses four agents. On September 21, 2026, Sumo Logic unveiled enhanced Data Pipelines for managing the cost and value of telemetry.

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: Sumo Logic

What Sumo Logic SIEM does[8][14]
Sumo Logic SIEM parses, maps and creates normalized records from structured and unstructured data. Sumo Logic UEBA baselines user and entity behavior. Detection-as-Code support helps security teams version and manage SIEM rules in GitHub.
What Cloud SOAR does[4][9]
In the War Room, security analysts get a complete, chronological and detailed picture of a specific incident process. Sumo Logic offers hundreds of out-of-the-box actions and playbooks.
What Sumo Logic DojoAI does[10]
Mobot lets users talk to their data in plain language. The SOC Analyst Agent automatically analyzes alerts, evaluates related activity and delivers an evidence-backed verdict. Sumo Logic MCP Server connects external AI clients to Log Analytics and SIEM.
What Logs for Security does[2][4][11]
Logs for Security integrates logs from AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. Sumo Logic offers pre-built PCI compliance dashboards.

Questions about Elastic and Sumo Logic

What do Elastic and Sumo Logic sell?
Elastic sells Elastic Security, SIEM, Elastic XDR, Attack Discovery, Cloud detection and response and 2 more. Sumo Logic sells Sumo Logic SIEM, Cloud SOAR, Sumo Logic DojoAI and Logs for Security.
Are Elastic and Sumo Logic in the same category?
Yes. SIEM is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Elastic and Sumo Logic headquartered?
Sumo Logic is headquartered in Redwood City, United States.
Who owns Elastic and Sumo Logic?
Sumo Logic is owned by Francisco Partners, since 2023.
Who are Elastic and Sumo Logic 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, Sumo Logic sells to security analysts and SOC managers through its SIEM.
What have Elastic and Sumo Logic announced recently?
October 7, 2026: Elastic introduced AlertZero, an AI SOC automation feature for Elastic Security that uses four agents, each with one job. September 21, 2026: Sumo Logic unveiled enhanced Data Pipelines, extending its platform into data pipeline management so customers can control the cost and value of their telemetry.

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

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Sumo Logic full record

  1. [1]Francisco partners completes acquisition of sumo logicSumo Logic · sumologic.com · published May 12, 2023 · Tier A
  2. [2]sumologic.comSumo Logic · sumologic.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]ContactSumo Logic · sumologic.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
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  6. [6]PricingSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Who we are and what we doSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Sumo Logic SIEM | Real-time detection, AI-powered responseSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cloud SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response)Sumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Sumo Logic DojoAI - Meet the AI agents that detect and resolve threats so you can focus on the work that matters most.Sumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Logs for security - secure, comply, and respond with an integrated cloud security platformSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Application reliability solutionSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]What's newSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Professional servicesSumo Logic · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Sumo Logic Expands DojoAI to Transform Security Investigations with New Agentic AI CapabilitiesSumo Logic · published December 1, 2025 · Tier A
  16. [16]Sumo Logic Brings Comprehensive Visibility Across Claude Ecosystem via New Integration with the Claude Compliance APISumo Logic · published May 21, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Sumo Logic enhances Data Pipelines, advancing its AI-first platform to lower observability and security TCOSumo Logic · published September 21, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Sumo Logic Expands Leadership Team with New CISO and SVP of Product ManagementSumo Logic · published May 6, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Sumo Logic Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier C

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