Best Log Management Software in 2026
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Logs can be collected, processed, inspected, and retained in different ways, so the right comparison depends on how your team works with them. Compare live log tailing, log pipelines, structured log parsing, and retention to assess the capabilities relevant to your workflow. Archive export, deployment options, and included ingestion offer further points of comparison. ELK Stack, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, and Elastic Observability are among the options shown. Free-plan availability and Paid from add cost context as you consider the listed features alongside the way you collect and use logs.
Log Management Software, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 25 of 25 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 Google Cloud Logging API yesFREE yesDOCS 9.0$0.01/mo
- 02 ELK Stack API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.9Free
- 03 Amazon CloudWatch Logs API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.8$0.03/mo
- 04 Sumo Logic API yesOSS noFREE yesDOCS 8.8Free
- 05 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.7$0.05/mo
- 06 Oracle Log Analytics API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.6Free
- 07 Grafana Loki API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.5$19/mo
- 08 Logstash API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.5Free
- 09 ClickStack API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.4Free
- 10 Elastic Observability API yesDOCS 8.3
- 11 Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service API yesDOCS 8.2
- 12 VictoriaLogs API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.2Free
- 13 HyperDX API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.2$20/mo
- 14 Grafana Cloud Application Observability API yesOSS noFREE yesDOCS 8.2$0.03/mo
- 15 IBM Cloud Logs API yesDOCS 8.1
- 16 SolarWinds Loggly API yesFREE yesDOCS 8.0Free
- 17 Tencent Cloud CLS API yesDOCS 7.9
- 18 Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring API yesDOCS 7.9
- 19 LogTide API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.9Free
- 20 Logflare API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.9$10/mo
- 21 Arekan Security Log Platform API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.9Free
- 22 Logz.io Log Management API yesFREE noDOCS 7.8$0.92/mo
- 23 Mezmo API yesDOCS 7.8
- 24 Last9 Logs API yesDOCS 7.8$700/mo
- 25 logrok API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.8Free
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Included ingestion | Log retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google Cloud Logging | 9.0 | Free plan | $0.01/mo | Yes | 50 GB/day | 30 days | |
| 2 | ELK Stack | 8.9 | Free plan | Yes | Free | 30 days | ||
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch Logs | 8.8 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | No | 5 GB/day | ||
| 4 | Sumo Logic | 8.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 5 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging | 8.7 | Free plan | $0.05/mo | Yes | $0.05/mo | 30 days | |
| 6 | Oracle Log Analytics | 8.6 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 7 | Grafana Loki | 8.5 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | |||
| 8 | Logstash | 8.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 9 | ClickStack | 8.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 10 | Elastic Observability | 8.3 | No | 30 days | ||||
| 11 | Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service | 8.2 | No | |||||
| 12 | VictoriaLogs | 8.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | $200/mo | ||
| 13 | HyperDX | 8.2 | Free plan | $20/mo | Yes | $20/mo | 30 days | |
| 14 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 8.2 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | |||
| 15 | IBM Cloud Logs | 8.1 | No | 7 days | ||||
| 16 | SolarWinds Loggly | 8.0 | Free plan | Yes | $79/mo | 1 GB/day | 15 days | |
| 17 | Tencent Cloud CLS | 7.9 | No | |||||
| 18 | Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring | 7.9 | ||||||
| 19 | LogTide | 7.9 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 20 | Logflare | 7.9 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | |||
| 21 | Arekan Security Log Platform | 7.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 22 | Logz.io Log Management | 7.8 | No | $0.92/mo | No | 7 days | ||
| 23 | Mezmo | 7.8 | No | |||||
| 24 | Last9 Logs | 7.8 | $700/mo | 14 days | ||||
| 25 | logrok | 7.8 | Free plan | Free |
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