# Beats vs Elastic Agent - use case of SIEM
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 20, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377 "2022-11-20T21:39:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@SirMuffington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SirMuffington)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377/1 "2022-11-20T21:39:07Z")
Hello dear Community!
I wanted to ask a beginner question - what is the difference between Beats and Elastic Agent and what is better for SIEM analysis?
Cheers
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377/2 "2022-11-21T01:09:54Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃
The Agent is designed to simplify deployment of all of our Beats. So it shouldn't matter too much if you use the Beats directly or via the Agent, as the source modules will be the same.
Using the Agent might be better though, as it's the future.
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### Author:  [@SirMuffington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SirMuffington)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377/3 "2022-11-21T19:00:15Z")
Thank you, a simple and clear answer 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-vs-elastic-agent-use-case-of-siem/319377/4 "2022-12-19T21:00:59Z")
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