When comparing Kaizen vs ELKman, the Slant community recommends Kaizen for most people. In the question“What are the best Elasticsearch GUI clients?” Kaizen is ranked 7th while ELKman is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Kaizen is:
Windows, Mac and Linux.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Cross-platform desktop application
Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pro Free for personal use
Not for businesses though.
Pro Advanced features
It has a lot of features.
Cons
Con Subscription costs 99 EUR per year
Con Soon will be unsupported
Website says end of support is December 2020
Con Doesn't support latest version of Elasticsearch
Last supported version is 7.6
Con Can't open on mac
Get an error saying it's from an unidentified developer.
Con Very primitive query language, no normal JSON viewer
Con Shows obscure error messages
Obscure error messages are shown when cluster is not configured the way the GUI thinks it should be configured.
Con Have to give an email to get a Free license
Some people don't really want to give my email for a free license.
Con Only runs on docker or linux
Not a great experience compared to desktop GUIs.
Con Cannot edit documents
To edit documents you have to compose a REST request which is no different than using postman or curl.