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Alternatives to Nagios Log Server

The tools Specifiction weighs against Nagios Log Server, from its list of log monitoring tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 ClickStack

    It suits teams needing OpenTelemetry-based observability across logs, metrics, traces, replays, and errors.

    From $53/mo Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    9.3 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Google Cloud Logging

    It suits teams that need to search, analyze, route or archive cloud logs, including teams using BigQuery for SQL analysis.

    From $0.01/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · iOS
    9.3 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Grafana Cloud Application Observability

    It suits software engineers who need to detect application anomalies and investigate root causes using service health and telemetry signals.

    From $0.03/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.2 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Grafana Loki

    It suits teams operating application or infrastructure logs that want label-based indexing, LogQL queries, alerting, and integrations with Grafana ecosystems.

    From $19/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · Linux · API
    9.2 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Amazon CloudWatch Logs

    It suits teams monitoring workloads across AWS, on-premises, or other clouds, especially those needing centralized log analysis across accounts.

    From $0.03/mo Free plan Web · API
    9.1 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Logflare
    From $10/mo Free plan Open source Web · iOS · Android · API
    9.1 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Seq
    From $90.83/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  8. 08 SolarWinds Loggly

    Loggly suits teams that need cloud log monitoring and analysis across varied infrastructure, with search and collaboration integrations.

    From $79/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Better Stack

    It suits teams coordinating incident response, on-call coverage, uptime checks, and telemetry.

    From $29/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Mezmo
    Free trial Web · macOS · Linux · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Logz.io Log Management
    From $0.92/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Azure Monitor
    Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Elastic Observability
    Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Oracle Log Analytics

    It suits DevOps teams, developers, administrators, operators, and IT or business teams troubleshooting and monitoring application or infrastructure logs.

    Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Sumo Logic

    It suits teams needing cloud-based log management, including security teams considering Enterprise Suite.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service
    Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.1 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Parseable

    Parseable suits teams that need to collect and inspect logs, metrics, and traces across self-hosted, cloud, or enterprise deployments.

    From $0.39/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API
    8.1 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Graylog Enterprise
    From $1,250/mo Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  19. 19 SolarWinds Observability
    From $5/mo Free trial Web · Windows · Linux · API
    7.9 Visit Specs
  20. 20 SolarWinds Papertrail
    From $5/mo Free trial Web · API
    7.9 Visit Specs
  21. 21 OpenSearch

    OpenSearch suits teams building search, observability, or security analytics applications across on-premises, hybrid, or multicloud deployments.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.7 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Splunk Enterprise
    Free trial Self-hosted
    7.7 Visit Specs
  23. 23 OpenObserve
    Free plan Web
    7.0 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Datadog Logs
    From $0.05/mo Web
    6.8 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Sematext Logs
    Web
    6.5 Visit Specs
  26. 26 Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
    From $15/mo Web · Windows · Linux
    6.3 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Huawei Cloud Log Tank Service
    Web
    5.8 Visit Specs

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