Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Best For
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
Ratings
AnyscaleElastic
4.2
4.0
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.2
4.1
Culture & Values
4.1
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.8
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🔓 Open Source
Pros & Cons
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Elastic
- Fully distributed from day one — genuine remote-first culture across 40+ countries
- Open-source DNA means engineers contribute to community, not just internal products
- Cross-timezone coordination means occasional early/late meetings
- Recent leadership shifts have introduced more process and oversight
Bottom Line
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Open Source. Anyscale also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy, Ship Fast & Iterate. Elastic also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Work-Life Balance, Async-First, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Elastic has 198 open roles.