# Do you still need Elasticsearch for log analytics? ClickHouse says no.

DevFeed: [Do you still need Elasticsearch for log analytics? ClickHouse says no.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/do-you-still-need-elasticsearch-for-log-analytics-clickhouse-says-no-5232.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/elasticsearch-log-analytics-clickhouse>)

Author: Tom Schreiber; Lionel Palacin

Published: 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/elasticsearch.md>), [log management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log-management.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opentelemetry.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parquet.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elasticsearch.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse presents redesigned full-text search integrated with its analytical engine and benchmarks it against Elasticsearch for log analytics. Across OpenTelemetry workloads of up to 50 billion rows, the article reports 2-6x faster full-text analytical workloads and more compact storage for ClickHouse.

## Source excerpt

ClickHouse now brings full-text search and large-scale analytics together in one engine, making it a powerful alternative to Elasticsearch for log analytics. This benchmark shows why.