Log Management Software
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.
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ELK Stack The Elastic Stack suits teams building search, observability or security workflows from data across applications and infrastructure.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API9.5 Visit Specs - 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 · iOS9.5 Visit Specs - 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 · API9.4 Visit Specs - 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-hosted9.3 Visit Specs - 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 · API9.2 Visit Specs - 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 · Linux9.2 Visit Specs - 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 · Linux9.2 Visit Specs - 08
Sumo Logic It suits teams needing cloud-based log management, including security teams considering Enterprise Suite.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 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-hosted9.1 Visit Specs - 10 Logflare From $10/mo Free plan Open source Web · iOS · Android · API9.1 Visit Specs
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The Open Source Edition suits teams seeking a free, self-hosted log collection and routing option.
Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API9.1 Visit Specs - 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 · API9.0 Visit Specs - 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 · Linux9.0 Visit Specs - 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-hosted8.9 Visit Specs - 15 SolarWinds Log Analyzer From $8/mo Free trial Windows · Linux · Self-hosted8.8 Visit Specs
- 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 · API8.7 Visit Specs - 17 Logz.io Log Management From $0.92/mo Free trial Web · API8.7 Visit Specs
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Mezmo Free trial Web · macOS · Linux · API8.7 Visit Specs - 19 Logit.io Log Management From $25/mo Free trial Web8.7 Visit Specs
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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 · API8.7 Visit Specs - 21 Purl From $39/mo Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.6 Visit Specs
- 22 LogInformant From $15.20/mo Free plan Web · API8.6 Visit Specs
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Seq From $90.83/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 24 Logstash
It suits teams that need self-hosted processing for logs, metrics, application data, or AWS inputs.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 25 Fluentd
Fluentd suits teams building self-hosted log pipelines across varied sources and destinations.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 26 VictoriaLogs
VictoriaLogs suits SRE, DevOps, and software engineering teams building logging platforms.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 27 LogZilla From $399/mo Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs
- 28 XPLG From $83/mo Free plan Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs
- 29 Syslog Watcher From $245/mo Free plan Windows · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs
- 30 Axiom Free plan Web · API8.5 Visit Specs
Splunk Enterprise, head to head
- Splunk Enterprise vs ELK Stack
- Splunk Enterprise vs Google Cloud Logging
- Splunk Enterprise vs Grafana Loki
- Splunk Enterprise vs ClickStack
- Splunk Enterprise vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
- Splunk Enterprise vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- Splunk Enterprise vs SolarWinds Loggly
- Splunk Enterprise vs Sumo Logic
- Splunk Enterprise vs HyperDX
- Splunk Enterprise vs Logflare
- Splunk Enterprise vs syslog-ng
- Splunk Enterprise vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging