Kiwi Syslog Server vs Sumo Logic

Kiwi Syslog Server is self-hosted software for collecting and managing syslog messages, SNMP traps, and Windows event logs in a central console. It gathers data from network devices and Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems, with filters for hostname, IP address, priority, time, source, and message text. Rules can send email alerts, run scripts, forward messages, or write logs to files or ODBC databases. Its scheduler can archive and clean up logs, including compressing, encrypting, moving, renaming, and deleting them. SolarWinds lists integrations including Loggly, Network Performance Monitor, Papertrail, Security Event Manager, and Splunk. Kiwi Syslog Server NG supports secure TCP syslog using TLS and certificate-based server authentication. The complete trial runs for 14 days without a credit card. The listed Free Edition is free, but SolarWinds currently marks it “Coming Soon”; it is limited to five network devices, a 500 message buffer, and 10 display windows. The Licensed Edition is listed at $999, paid once.

Sumo Logic is a cloud log management service accessed through the web. Its listed capabilities include log pipelines, structured log parsing, live log tailing and archive export. The Free plan also covers metrics and traces, with 20 daily credits for logs, metrics and traces, seven-day log retention and access for up to three users. A separate Trial plan is available at no charge for 30 days, allowing 1 GB per day, 30-day retention and up to 20 users. For continued paid use, Essentials is a credits-based subscription for log analytics and monitoring; customers can upgrade their accounts themselves and choose a billing cycle. Enterprise Suite is described as an enterprise plan for security teams, with pricing via sales. Sumo Logic was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. The listed deployment is cloud, and the listed platform is web.