# What is the difference between logstash and kibana pipelines?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420 "2021-09-06T08:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![rodri.gz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@rodri.gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodri.gz)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/1 "2021-09-06T08:37:10Z")

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Hi!

I have always used logstash but I would like to know if it could be replaced by kibana pipelines or if using kibana pipelines has any limitations

thanks in advance!

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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:** [September 6, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/2 "2021-09-06T10:11:39Z")

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Can you elaborate please, Kibana doesn't have a concept of pipelines.

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**Author:** ![rodri.gz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@rodri.gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodri.gz)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/3 "2021-09-06T10:17:05Z")

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first of all, thank for answering!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/b/cb06364690932c0bf1a6f7f18e2459ed816a5d28.png)

this is not like pipelines in logstash?

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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:** [September 6, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/4 "2021-09-06T10:21:16Z")

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Ahh ok, that's the UI for [Ingest pipelines | Elasticsearch Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.14/ingest.html).

TLDR the ones you can setup in Elasticsearch via Kibana (ingest pipelines) are meant to be a bit simpler to setup and manage, but you loose some of the more advanced features of Logstash.

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**Author:** ![rodri.gz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@rodri.gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodri.gz)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/5 "2021-09-06T10:38:02Z")

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could you say some of that advanced features?  
i`m considering using only ui kibana

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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:** [September 6, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/6 "2021-09-06T10:55:37Z")

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Here's what ingest pipelines support - [Ingest processor reference | Elasticsearch Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/processors.html)

Compared to Logstash;

> **[Input plugins | Logstash Reference \[7.14\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/input-plugins.html)**

> **[Filter plugins | Logstash Reference \[7.14\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/filter-plugins.html)**

> **[Output plugins | Logstash Reference \[7.14\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/output-plugins.html)**

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**Author:** ![rodri.gz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@rodri.gz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodri.gz)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/7 "2021-09-06T11:55:52Z")

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Thank you!

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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 4, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-logstash-and-kibana-pipelines/283420/8 "2021-10-04T11:56:33Z")

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