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Best Octopussy Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from log management software ranked against Octopussy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.0
    Octopussy vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo8.9
    Octopussy vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.9
    Octopussy vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  4. 4
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo8.7
    Octopussy vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  5. 5
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free8.7
    Octopussy vs Oracle Log Analytics
  6. 6
    Logstash Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free8.5
    Octopussy vs Logstash
  7. 7
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.4
    Octopussy vs Elastic Observability
  8. 8
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    Octopussy vs VictoriaLogs
  9. 9
    HyperDX Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $20/mo8.2
    Octopussy vs HyperDX
  10. 10
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.1
    Octopussy vs SolarWinds Loggly
  11. 11
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.0
    Octopussy vs Logflare
  12. 12
    Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 7.9
    Octopussy vs Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring
  13. 13
    Last9 Logs apiself-hostedWeb $700/mo7.9
    Octopussy vs Last9 Logs
  14. 14
    Purl Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted $39/mo7.9
    Octopussy vs Purl
  15. 15
    Mezmo Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.8
    Octopussy vs Mezmo
  16. 16
    syslog-ng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.8
    Octopussy vs syslog-ng
  17. 17
    Axiom Free plan apiWeb 7.8
    Octopussy vs Axiom
  18. 18
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo7.7
    Octopussy vs SparkLogs
  19. 19
    LogInformant Free plan apiWeb $15.20/mo7.7
    Octopussy vs LogInformant
  20. 20
    TigerOps Free plan apiWeb Free7.6
    Octopussy vs TigerOps

Octopussy alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.0Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging8.9Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.9Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
4Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging8.7Free plan$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
5Oracle Log Analytics8.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
6Logstash8.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
7Elastic Observability8.4API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9HyperDX8.2Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10SolarWinds Loggly8.1Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11Logflare8.0Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring7.9API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Last9 Logs7.9$700/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14Purl7.9Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
15Mezmo7.8API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
16syslog-ng7.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Axiom7.8Free planAPI, Web
18SparkLogs7.7$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19LogInformant7.7Free plan$15.20/moAPI, Web
20TigerOps7.6Free planFreeAPI, Web
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Questions about Octopussy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 9.0 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Logging, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.