# What's the difference between beats and logstash

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-beats-and-logstash/55034
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [July 8, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-beats-and-logstash/55034 "2016-07-08T09:31:17Z")
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### Author: ![ronnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@ronnie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ronnie)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-beats-and-logstash/55034/1 "2016-07-08T09:31:17Z")

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what's the difference between beats and logstash ? I don't know which one should i chose in my environment.

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-beats-and-logstash/55034/2 "2016-07-08T11:23:58Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/diff-logstash-beats.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/diff-logstash-beats.html)

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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 29, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-beats-and-logstash/55034/3 "2016-07-29T09:31:52Z")

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