# Logstash jdbc input plugin vs jdbc imorter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063 "2015-08-26T05:28:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![poonam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@poonam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poonam)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063/1 "2015-08-26T05:28:21Z")

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how do we chose between logstash as jdbc input plugin and jdbc importer.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063/2 "2015-08-26T05:34:38Z")

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Which one works better for you?

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**Author:** ![poonam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@poonam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poonam)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063/3 "2015-08-26T06:13:35Z")

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Importers looks faster ,I want to understand reason for opting between two.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-jdbc-input-plugin-vs-jdbc-imorter/28063/4 "2017-07-06T05:30:52Z")

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