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Best Octopussy Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
    Octopussy vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo8.9
    Octopussy vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo8.9
    Octopussy vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  4. 4
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free8.8
    Octopussy vs Oracle Log Analytics
  5. 5
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    Octopussy vs Elastic Observability
  6. 6
    Kiwi Syslog Server Free plan self-hostedWebWin $999/mo8.5
    Octopussy vs Kiwi Syslog Server
  7. 7
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.5
    Octopussy vs SparkLogs
  8. 8
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.5
    Octopussy vs SolarWinds Loggly
  9. 9
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.4
    Octopussy vs Sumo Logic
  10. 10
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.3
    Octopussy vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  11. 11
    Logstash Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free8.3
    Octopussy vs Logstash
  12. 12
    Fluentd Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.3
    Octopussy vs Fluentd
  13. 13
    ClickStack Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    Octopussy vs ClickStack
  14. 14
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    Octopussy vs VictoriaLogs
  15. 15
    Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.2
    Octopussy vs Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service
  16. 16
    HyperDX Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $20/mo8.2
    Octopussy vs HyperDX
  17. 17
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.2
    Octopussy vs Logflare
  18. 18
    logrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free8.2
    Octopussy vs logrok
  19. 19
    Grafana Loki Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted $19/mo8.1
    Octopussy vs Grafana Loki
  20. 20
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.1
    Octopussy vs groundcover

Octopussy alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.3Free planAPI, 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 Observability8.7API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Kiwi Syslog Server8.5Free plan$999/moself-hosted, Web, Windows
7SparkLogs8.5$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8SolarWinds Loggly8.5Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
9Sumo Logic8.4Free planFreeWeb
10Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.3Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
11Logstash8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
12Fluentd8.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13ClickStack8.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
14VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service8.2API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
16HyperDX8.2Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
17Logflare8.2Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
18logrok8.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Grafana Loki8.1Free plan$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
20groundcover8.1Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Octopussy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Octopussy?

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 Octopussy?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 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.