# Filebeat vs Winlogbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-winlogbeat/225684>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 30, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-winlogbeat/225684 "2020-03-30T13:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ManuelF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-winlogbeat/225684/1 "2020-03-30T13:46:20Z")

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Hi there,

Filebeat and Winlogbeat seem to work similarly. Both beats seem to be able to process logs from Windows (in the case of Filebeats, it can also process logs from other OS). My questions would be:

1- Which beat is better to process Windows logs?  
2- What advantages does one have over the other?  
3- For some reason, would it be worth installing both beats to process Windows logs?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-winlogbeat/225684/2 "2020-03-30T21:44:12Z")

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I'll close this one in favour of [Winlogbeat vs Filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-vs-filebeat/225685), let's continue the discussion there 🙂

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-winlogbeat/225684/3 "2020-03-30T21:44:17Z")

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