Sumo Logic vs syslog-ng

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.

syslog-ng collects infrastructure logs, processes them, and routes or stores them for analysis. Its free Open Source Edition can collect, parse, classify, rewrite, and correlate logs before sending them to analysis tools or storing them. Premium Edition adds filtering and real-time pattern correlation to reduce and normalize log data, plus disk buffering, client-side failover, and application-layer acknowledgements. It supports TLS-encrypted transfer and encrypted log storage with X.509 certificates for mutual authentication. Store Box offers access-controlled search and custom reports that can help with compliance work. Listed destinations include Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB, SQL databases, Redis, Splunk, and SIEM tools. Premium licensing is based on Log Source Hosts, with annual support available; Store Box licensing depends on Log Source Hosts and hardware configuration. Open Source Edition is GPL/LGPL licensed and community supported. Commercial customers can access certified engineers and support services; Premium Edition and Store Box offer free trials.