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Alternatives to Splunk Enterprise

The tools Specifiction weighs against Splunk Enterprise, from its list of log management software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 ELK Stack

    The Elastic Stack suits teams building search, observability or security workflows from data across applications and infrastructure.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    9.5 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
    9.5 Visit Specs
  3. 03 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
    9.4 Visit Specs
  4. 04 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
  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
    9.2 Visit Specs
  6. 06 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
  7. 07 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
    9.2 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Sumo Logic

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

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.1 Visit Specs
  9. 09 HyperDX

    HyperDX suits engineering teams diagnosing production issues across logs, metrics, traces, and sessions.

    From $20/mo Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    9.1 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Logflare
    From $10/mo Free plan Open source Web · iOS · Android · API
    9.1 Visit Specs
  11. 11 syslog-ng

    The Open Source Edition suits teams seeking a free, self-hosted log collection and routing option.

    Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    9.1 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging

    It suits OCI customers who need diagnostic or troubleshooting information, or want to ingest application logs.

    From $0.05/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  13. 13 SparkLogs

    SparkLogs suits teams that need log querying, telemetry pipelines, and fleet investigations across cloud or self-hosted deployments.

    From $100/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Kiwi Syslog Server

    It suits organizations that want a self-hosted central console for syslog, SNMP traps, and Windows event logs.

    From $999/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Self-hosted
    8.9 Visit Specs
  15. 15 SolarWinds Log Analyzer
    From $8/mo Free trial Windows · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.8 Visit Specs
  16. 16 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
    8.7 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Logz.io Log Management
    From $0.92/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Mezmo
    Free trial Web · macOS · Linux · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Logit.io Log Management
    From $25/mo Free trial Web
    8.7 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Centreon

    Centreon suits IT teams monitoring servers, networks, applications, and cloud or edge infrastructure.

    From €0.19/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · Linux · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Purl
    From $39/mo Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.6 Visit Specs
  22. 22 LogInformant
    From $15.20/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.6 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Seq
    From $90.83/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.6 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Logstash

    It suits teams that need self-hosted processing for logs, metrics, application data, or AWS inputs.

    Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Fluentd

    Fluentd suits teams building self-hosted log pipelines across varied sources and destinations.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  26. 26 VictoriaLogs

    VictoriaLogs suits SRE, DevOps, and software engineering teams building logging platforms.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  27. 27 LogZilla
    From $399/mo Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  28. 28 XPLG
    From $83/mo Free plan Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  29. 29 Syslog Watcher
    From $245/mo Free plan Windows · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  30. 30 Axiom
    Free plan Web · API
    8.5 Visit Specs

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