Ingestion options
You have a number of options for ingesting data with AWS. The following table helps you identify which option best fits your needs:
| Amazon Data Firehose | ESF | Elastic Agent | Beats | |
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| pros | Managed service, auto-scale | Auto-scale, built-in support for SQS | Supports all integrations, manages multiple agents using Fleet | Large configuration options |
| cons | Few configuration options | Partial integrations support | Not a managed service, no auto-scale | Not a managed service, no auto-scale |
The high-level architecture is shown below.
