Seq vs SolarWinds Loggly
Seq
datalust.coSolarWinds Loggly
loggly.comSide by side
| Figure | Seq | SolarWinds Loggly |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $90.83/mo | $79/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Log Management Software | 8.6 (#23) | 9.2 (#7) |
| Spec score · Log Monitoring Tools | 8.8 (#7) | 8.8 (#8) |
| Deployment | Seq is self-hosted and supported on Windows or under Docker/Linux, and can be deployed on-premises or in a public cloud. | cloud |
| Founded | 2013 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Datalust lists Level 1, 240 Queen Street, Brisbane 4000, Australia. | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Integrations | Documented ingestion options include Serilog, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, OpenTelemetry, Node.js libraries, HTTP, GELF, syslog, RabbitMQ, Docker and Kubernetes. | Loggly integrates with Slack, GitHub, Jira, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, custom webhooks, and other DevOps tools. |
| Support | The Individual plan includes community support; paid plans include priority email support, and Datacenter includes a 45-minute onboarding call with the engineering team. | Standard includes direct access to the support team, while Pro and Enterprise include priority support; all tiers include community-forum access. |
| What it does | Seq is a self-hosted, real-time server for searching and analyzing structured application logs, traces and metrics. | Loggly is a cloud-based service for monitoring, log analysis, troubleshooting, visualization, reporting, and collaboration. |
Plans
Seq
- IndividualFree
- IndividualFree
- Team$1,090 a year
- Standard$2,990 a year
- Datacenter$10,990 a year
SolarWinds Loggly
- Standard$79 a month
- Pro$159 a month
- Enterprise$279 a month
- LiteFree
In their own words
SolarWinds Loggly
SolarWinds Loggly is a cloud service for monitoring, analyzing, troubleshooting, visualizing, and reporting on logs, with collaboration features. It collects logs without proprietary agents and accepts syslog over TCP, UDP, or TLS, as well as HTTP/S. Sources include public and private clouds, AWS, Azure, hybrid environments, devices, containers, Linux, Windows, Mac, and serverless systems. Loggly automatically parses logs and provides search, filters, statistical analysis, field exploration, charts, dashboards, and surround search. It integrates with Slack, GitHub, Jira, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, custom webhooks, and other DevOps tools. The fully functional 30-day trial needs no credit card and includes Enterprise-tier features; afterward, the account converts to the free Lite package. Lite lists 200 MB per day and seven-day retention. Standard costs $79 a month, billed annually, and includes 1 GB per day with 15-day retention. Data is automatically and permanently deleted at the end of the retention period.