# How to choose between Logstash and Fluentd in Elastic stack?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-between-logstash-and-fluentd-in-elastic-stack/247963>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-between-logstash-and-fluentd-in-elastic-stack/247963 "2020-09-09T07:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashish1101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashish1101/32/75147_2.png) [@Ashish1101](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashish1101)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-between-logstash-and-fluentd-in-elastic-stack/247963/1 "2020-09-09T07:12:59Z")

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How do I decide whether to Logstash or Fluentd in elastic stack? what are the criteria?  
any reference links will be helpful.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-between-logstash-and-fluentd-in-elastic-stack/247963/2 "2020-10-07T07:13:10Z")

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