# Custom Connectors vs Integrations

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** connectors\
**Created:** [February 21, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862 "2025-02-21T17:52:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![erikg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862/1 "2025-02-21T17:52:58Z")

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Hello,  
what is the difference between both?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862/2 "2025-02-21T18:08:51Z")

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What custom connectors? Can you provide more context?

Are you talking about these [connectors](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/es-connectors.html)?

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**Author:** ![erikg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862/3 "2025-02-21T18:11:38Z")

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Yes, I read about it here:  
[How to create custom connectors for Elasticsearch - Elasticsearch Labs](https://www.elastic.co/search-labs/blog/how-to-create-customized-connectors-for-elasticsearch)

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862/4 "2025-02-21T18:31:42Z")

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Never used connector, but it is more related to Enterprise Search cases, where you have data that is not time based and want to search on it.

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**Author:** ![erikg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-connectors-vs-integrations/374862/5 "2025-02-21T22:57:31Z")

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Hey @leandrojmp ,  
yeah interesting, I saw they have a [SQL Server Connector](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/es-connectors-ms-sql.html) but also there's a [SQL Input Integration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/integrations/current/sql.html#:~:text=The%20SQL%20input%20package%20allows,Oracle) (sql module from metricbeat) which seems to do the same thing but like how you said they seem to serve different use cases