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Best Fluentd Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
    Fluentd vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    Fluentd vs Elastic Observability
  3. 3
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.5
    Fluentd vs SparkLogs
  4. 4
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.5
    Fluentd vs SolarWinds Loggly
  5. 5
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.4
    Fluentd vs Sumo Logic
  6. 6
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.3
    Fluentd vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  7. 7
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    Fluentd vs VictoriaLogs
  8. 8
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.2
    Fluentd vs Logflare
  9. 9
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.1
    Fluentd vs groundcover
  10. 10
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo8.0
    Fluentd vs NXLog
  11. 11
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo8.0
    Fluentd vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  12. 12
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo7.9
    Fluentd vs XPLG
  13. 13
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan $0.05/mo7.8
    Fluentd vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  14. 14
    Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 7.8
    Fluentd vs Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring
  15. 15
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo7.7
    Fluentd vs Google Cloud Logging
  16. 16
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo7.7
    Fluentd vs Logmanager
  17. 17
    Logit.io Log Management Free trial Web $25/mo7.7
    Fluentd vs Logit.io Log Management
  18. 18
    TrueWatch Log Management Free plan WebWinMacLinux $0.11/mo7.7
    Fluentd vs TrueWatch Log Management
  19. 19
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free7.6
    Fluentd vs OpenObserve
  20. 20
    Site24x7 AppLogs WebWinLinux $3/mo7.6
    Fluentd vs Site24x7 AppLogs

Fluentd alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Elastic Observability8.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3SparkLogs8.5No$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4SolarWinds Loggly8.5Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
5Sumo Logic8.4Free planFreeWeb
6Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.3Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
7VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Logflare8.2Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9groundcover8.1Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
10NXLog8.0Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
11Grafana Cloud Application Observability8.0Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
12XPLG7.9Free plan$83/moself-hosted
13Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging7.8Free plan$0.05/mo—
14Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring7.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Google Cloud Logging7.7Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
16Logmanager7.7Free plan$0.12/moWeb
17Logit.io Log Management7.7No$25/moWeb
18TrueWatch Log Management7.7Free plan$0.11/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
19OpenObserve7.6Free planFreeWeb
20Site24x7 AppLogs7.6No$3/moWeb, Windows, Linux
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Questions about Fluentd alternatives

What is the best alternative to Fluentd?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 9.3 out of 10. The others here: Elastic Observability, SparkLogs, SolarWinds Loggly and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Fluentd?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 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.