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Best Sumo Logic Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
    Sumo Logic vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo8.9
    Sumo Logic vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    Sumo Logic vs Elastic Observability
  4. 4
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.5
    Sumo Logic vs SparkLogs
  5. 5
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.5
    Sumo Logic vs SolarWinds Loggly
  6. 7
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.3
    Sumo Logic vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  7. 8
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    Sumo Logic vs VictoriaLogs
  8. 9
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.2
    Sumo Logic vs Logflare
  9. 10
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.1
    Sumo Logic vs groundcover
  10. 11
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo8.0
    Sumo Logic vs NXLog
  11. 12
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo8.0
    Sumo Logic vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  12. 13
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo7.9
    Sumo Logic vs XPLG
  13. 14
    syslog-ng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.9
    Sumo Logic vs syslog-ng
  14. 15
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan $0.05/mo7.8
    Sumo Logic vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  15. 16
    Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 7.8
    Sumo Logic vs Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring
  16. 17
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo7.7
    Sumo Logic vs Logmanager
  17. 18
    Logit.io Log Management Free trial Web $25/mo7.7
    Sumo Logic vs Logit.io Log Management
  18. 19
    TrueWatch Log Management Free plan WebWinMacLinux $0.11/mo7.7
    Sumo Logic vs TrueWatch Log Management
  19. 20
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free7.6
    Sumo Logic vs OpenObserve
  20. 21
    Site24x7 AppLogs WebWinLinux $3/mo7.6
    Sumo Logic vs Site24x7 AppLogs

Sumo Logic alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging8.9Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Elastic Observability8.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4SparkLogs8.5No$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5SolarWinds Loggly8.5Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.3Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
8VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9Logflare8.2Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
10groundcover8.1Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
11NXLog8.0Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
12Grafana Cloud Application Observability8.0Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
13XPLG7.9Free plan$83/moself-hosted
14syslog-ng7.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging7.8Free plan$0.05/mo—
16Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring7.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Logmanager7.7Free plan$0.12/moWeb
18Logit.io Log Management7.7No$25/moWeb
19TrueWatch Log Management7.7Free plan$0.11/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
20OpenObserve7.6Free planFreeWeb
21Site24x7 AppLogs7.6No$3/moWeb, Windows, Linux
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Questions about Sumo Logic alternatives

What is the best alternative to Sumo Logic?

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

What is the best free alternative to Sumo Logic?

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.