Google Cloud Logging vs SolarWinds Papertrail
Google Cloud Logging
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| Figure | Google Cloud Logging | SolarWinds Papertrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 1 |
| Spec score · Log Management Software | 9.5 (#2) | 8.3 (#39) |
| Spec score · Log Monitoring Tools | 9.3 (#2) | 7.9 (#20) |
| Archive export | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment options | cloud | cloud |
| Encryption | Cloud Logging encrypts content at rest by default and supports customer-managed Cloud KMS keys for log buckets. | Papertrail says logs are encrypted in transit and archived with Amazon S3 built-in AES-256 encryption. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Cloud Monitoring, Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and BigQuery. | Alert notifications can be sent through Slack, PagerDuty, Campfire, email, or custom HTTP webhooks. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Log pipelines | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The product page directs customers who need help getting started to contact sales. | The pricing FAQ directs customers to email [email protected] and says support is available when the team is awake. |
Plans
Google Cloud Logging
- Logging storage (non-vended network logs)$0.50, paid once
- Vended network logs storage$0.25, paid once
- Logging retention beyond default period$0.01 a month
- Free allotmentFree
- Log AnalyticsFree
- Log RouterFree
- Logs RouterFree
- Extended retention$0.01 a month
- Logging retention$0.01 a month
- Vended network logs storage$0.25, paid once
In their own words
Google Cloud Logging
Google Cloud Logging is a managed cloud service for storing, searching, analyzing and alerting on logs. Logs Explorer supports query-based searches, sorting, histogram views, field exploration and saved queries. Log Analytics uses BigQuery for SQL analysis, and log data can also be accessed in BigQuery alongside other business data. Google Cloud platform logs are ingested without setup; GKE workload logs are captured automatically, while the Ops Agent collects VM workload logs. Logs Router can send logs to external systems through Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage can hold archives. Regional log buckets keep and process workload data in a selected region, with configurable access controls and retention. The service integrates with Cloud Monitoring, Error Reporting and Cloud Trace. Cloud Audit Logs records administrative activity and resource access, and its entries are immutable; the product page states 400 days of audit-log retention at no additional cost. Standard logging storage includes the first 50 GiB per project per month free, and new Google Cloud customers are offered $300 in credits. The listed deployment is cloud; platforms include API, Linux and web.
SolarWinds Papertrail
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