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Best AWS CloudTrail Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 tools from log management software ranked against AWS CloudTrail on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
    AWS CloudTrail vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo8.9
    AWS CloudTrail vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo8.9
    AWS CloudTrail vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  4. 4
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free8.8
    AWS CloudTrail vs Oracle Log Analytics
  5. 5
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    AWS CloudTrail vs Elastic Observability
  6. 6
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.5
    AWS CloudTrail vs SparkLogs
  7. 7
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.5
    AWS CloudTrail vs SolarWinds Loggly
  8. 8
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.4
    AWS CloudTrail vs Sumo Logic
  9. 9
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.3
    AWS CloudTrail vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  10. 10
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    AWS CloudTrail vs VictoriaLogs
  11. 11
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.2
    AWS CloudTrail vs Logflare
  12. 12
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.1
    AWS CloudTrail vs groundcover
  13. 13
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo8.0
    AWS CloudTrail vs NXLog
  14. 14
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo8.0
    AWS CloudTrail vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  15. 15
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo7.9
    AWS CloudTrail vs XPLG
  16. 16
    syslog-ng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.9
    AWS CloudTrail vs syslog-ng
  17. 17
    Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 7.8
    AWS CloudTrail vs Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring
  18. 18
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo7.7
    AWS CloudTrail vs Logmanager
  19. 19
    Logit.io Log Management Free trial Web $25/mo7.7
    AWS CloudTrail vs Logit.io Log Management
  20. 20
    TrueWatch Log Management Free plan WebWinMacLinux $0.11/mo7.7
    AWS CloudTrail vs TrueWatch Log Management

AWS CloudTrail alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging8.9Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging8.9Free plan$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
4Oracle Log Analytics8.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
5Elastic Observability8.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6SparkLogs8.5No$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7SolarWinds Loggly8.5Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
8Sumo Logic8.4Free planFreeWeb
9Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.3Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
10VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11Logflare8.2Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12groundcover8.1Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
13NXLog8.0Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
14Grafana Cloud Application Observability8.0Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
15XPLG7.9Free plan$83/moself-hosted
16syslog-ng7.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring7.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Logmanager7.7Free plan$0.12/moWeb
19Logit.io Log Management7.7No$25/moWeb
20TrueWatch Log Management7.7Free plan$0.11/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
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Questions about AWS CloudTrail alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS CloudTrail?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 9.3 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Logging, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging, Oracle Log Analytics and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to AWS CloudTrail?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.