# Version compatibility of Kibana with Packetbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility-of-kibana-with-packetbeat/27632>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [August 19, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility-of-kibana-with-packetbeat/27632 "2015-08-19T04:50:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shashank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shashank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shashank)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility-of-kibana-with-packetbeat/27632/1 "2015-08-19T04:50:17Z")

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Hi,

I have started working on Packetbeat & Elasticsearch and need to integrate it Kibana. I found [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions/matrix#matrix\_compatibility](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions/matrix#matrix_compatibility)

Supported Beats Versions

Beats Version Compatibility: 1.0.0 Beta  
ES Version Compatibility : 1.4 and higher  
Kibana Version Compatibility : 4.1 and higher

But Packetbeat is also working on Kibana 3 (topology is available for Kibana 3 only). Can you please explain if I should go with Kibana 3 (which is now being used in our project) .

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility-of-kibana-with-packetbeat/27632/2 "2015-08-20T09:20:35Z")

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Hi, Kibana 4 would be the safer bet for the future. With Kibana 4.2, it will support plugins, which means we can implement the topology map in a much better way than we had it in Kibana 3.

The big difference between Kibana 3 and 4 is that 4 makes use of aggregations, which perform a lot better than facets when it comes to the types of visualizations that Packetbeat makes use of. So I'd recommend using Kibana 4 unless you need the topology map right now or you have heavy investments in Kibana 3.

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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 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility-of-kibana-with-packetbeat/27632/3 "2017-07-05T21:58:55Z")

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