Elastic SIEM Total Cost of Ownership Guide
Elastic's "free" open-source promise hides an iceberg of costs – license fees are just 20-40% of your actual spend. Our Elastic SIEM TCO Framework helps you:
Why You Need Elastic SIEM TCO Guide
The "free" promise of Elastic's open-source roots masks a complex cost reality. This framework helps you:
Uncover invisible costs
from data transfer fees, forced Enterprise licensing, and platform engineering requirements that balloon over time.
Calculate true 5-year TCO
using detailed worksheets covering infrastructure, labor, integration complexity, and operational overhead.
Optimize your deployment with proven strategies
to reduce costs by 20-40% through data volume management, storage tiering, and right-sizing.
Make informed decisions
between self-hosted, Elastic Cloud, or managed SIEM alternatives using our scoring model and break-even analysis.
What’s inside?
Discover why license costs are just the tip of the iceberg – and where the real expenses hide.
Calculate your complete 5-year TCO with actionable templates covering infrastructure, labor, network, storage, and integration costs.
Learn which deployment model fits your scale and resources: self-hosted, Elastic Cloud, or managed service alternatives.
Optimize ongoing costs using proven strategies that reduce TCO by 20-40% through selective ingestion, aggressive tiering, and infrastructure right-sizing.
Download Elastic SIEM TCO Guide
to eliminate the hidden costs, complexity, and staffing burden of self-managed SIEM.
Download Elastic SIEM TCO Guide now
Why UnderDefense?
We transform your SIEM from a cost center into a high-performance security operation – without vendor lock-in or hidden fees.
- Product-Agnostic Approach – We orchestrate your existing SIEM, EDR, and cloud investments – no rip-and-replace required.
- Always-On Expert Coverage – 24/7 monitoring, tuning, and incident response by SOC analysts who turn logs into actionable intelligence.
- AI + Human Intelligence – AI-driven correlation and enrichment backed by analysts who investigate context, prioritize threats, and take action.
- Transparent Control – You retain data ownership, rule visibility, and full access – no black-box operations or vendor lock-in.
- Compliance-Ready – Automated evidence collection and reporting for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR simplifies audits.
