Difference between Beats and Logstash

Beats are basically lightweight data shippers that are designed for a specific purpose, while Logstash is more generic and can be configured for multiple use cases. Beats have a smaller footprint, while Logstash has a larger footprint. We have different Beats for different purposes, such as Filebeat for handling files, Metricbeat for capturing system metrics, Packetbeat to capture network packet data, while Logstash has different plugins for input, filter, and output. We can read CSV data, RDBMS data, Beat data, or any other third-party application's data in Logstash, and after transformation can be sent to multiple sources. So basically, if we want to do any sort of data processing or want to capture any complex data, which isn't possible using Beats, we must use Logstash. If we just want to read log data, system metrics data, or...