# Will Beats replace Logstash Plugins?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-beats-replace-logstash-plugins/62012>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [October 2, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-beats-replace-logstash-plugins/62012 "2016-10-02T19:33:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TWalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/twalter/32/41239_2.png) [@TWalter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TWalter)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-beats-replace-logstash-plugins/62012/1 "2016-10-02T19:34:00Z")

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Hello there,

Logstash has a lot of Input-Plugins. Will them replaced by a lot of Beats in the future?

For instance in the future, you have no more a jdbc Plugin but a jdbc Beat?

Is this one Aim of Beats?

Thanks for your help.

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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:** [October 2, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-beats-replace-logstash-plugins/62012/2 "2016-10-02T23:06:36Z")

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There may be some overlap, but Logstash is not going anywhere!

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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 23, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-beats-replace-logstash-plugins/62012/3 "2016-10-23T19:33:59Z")

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