Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Best For
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Ratings
ElasticLabelbox
4.0
3.8
Overall
4.1
3.6
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.8
Culture & Values
4.0
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
Culture Values
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First
Labelbox only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
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
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Bottom Line
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
Open Roles
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Summary
Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Strong Comp & Equity. Elastic also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Work-Life Balance, Async-First. Labelbox also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Elastic has 198 open roles and Labelbox has 9 open roles.