# addon-grafana vs elasticsearch

> Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | addon-grafana | elasticsearch |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 56/100 | 83/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #48 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #2 of 41 in Search Engines |
| GitHub stars | 280 | 78 421 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +452 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 7 | 32 ✓ |
| Latest release | v13.0.4 · 23 Oct 2026 ✓ | v9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Main language | Jinja | Java |

## Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 56/100 for addon-grafana, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for addon-grafana.

If you want the quickest setup, addon-grafana is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+452 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [addon-grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/addon-grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/addon-grafana.md)
- [elasticsearch](https://selfhost.directory/project/elasticsearch) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/elasticsearch.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/addon-grafana-vs-elasticsearch