The short answer
Tools compared27
- Lowest starting price
- $1.40 · Dynatrace
- Free plans
- 12 of 27
- Prices published
- 22 of 27
- Sales-led only
- 2
Log management software at a glance
Median starting price$19/moHalf start between $5 and $114
Free plan44%56% offer a time-limited trial
Buy online89%Sign up and pay without a sales call
Sales only7%Demo or contact sales to buy
How they charge
Every Log management software, side by side
| Tool | Starts at | Usage price | Free plan | How you buy | Checks | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dynatrace |
$1.40/mo | $0.20/minute | – | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Rapid7 InsightIDR/InsightOps |
$1.62/mo | – | – | Sales-led | 1/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Sematext |
$5/mo | – | – | Both | 7/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 SolarWinds Papertrail |
$5/mo | – | – | Self-serve | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Splunk |
$5/mo yearly | – | Yes | Both | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Site24x7 Log Management |
$9/mo yearly | $0.30/gb | Yes | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 LogicMonitor |
$16/mo | – | – | Both | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud) | $19/mo | $0.05/gb | Yes | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Axiom |
$25/mo | – | Yes | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Better Stack |
$25/mo yearly | $0.10/gb | Yes | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Papertrail alternative: Logtail |
$25/mo yearly | $0.10/gb | Yes | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 SolarWinds Loggly |
$79/mo yearly | – | Yes | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Datadog competitor: Honeycomb |
$150/mo | – | Yes | Both | 3/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Cribl |
$250/mo | – | Yes | Both | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 New Relic |
$349/mo yearly | $0.40/gb | Yes | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Datadog |
$500/mo yearly | $1.30/credit | – | Both | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Graylog |
$1,250/mo yearly | – | Yes | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Chronosphere |
– | – | – | Sales-led | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Coralogix |
– | $0.42/minute | – | Both | 6/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Elastic Observability |
– | – | – | Both | 2/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Fluentd (Treasure Data) |
– | – | – | – | 0/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Logz.io |
– | $0.92/days retention | – | Both | 7/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer |
– | – | – | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Mezmo |
– | – | – | Both | 4/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Observe | – | – | – | Both | 3/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 OpenObserve |
– | $0.50/gb queried | Yes | Both | 7/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Sumo Logic |
– | – | – | Both | 7/8 | Oct 29, 2026 |
The tools
DynatraceDynatrace is an observability platform covering logs, metrics, traces, application monitoring, security and AI, sold on an annual commitment.$1.40 /moRapid7 InsightIDR/InsightOpsRapid7 sells a security platform covering exposure management, SIEM, vulnerability management, cloud security and managed detection and response.$1.62 /moSematextSematext Cloud is a usage-priced observability platform covering log management, infrastructure monitoring, tracing, synthetics and user experience monitoring.$5 /moSolarWinds PapertrailPapertrail is a hosted log management service from SolarWinds that collects, searches and alerts on logs from many sources.$5 /moSplunkSplunk is a data platform for security, observability and AI use cases, offered as a managed cloud service or deployed on-prem.$5 /moSite24x7 Log ManagementSite24x7 is a cloud monitoring platform for websites, servers, networks, applications and logs, sold in tiered monthly plans.$9 /moLogicMonitorHybrid IT monitoring platform with a logs module, sold in tiered packages priced per Hybrid Unit.$16 /moGRGrafana Loki (Grafana Cloud)Managed observability platform built on open source (Grafana, Loki), with logs, metrics, traces and profiles in one place.$19 /moAxiomAxiom is a managed, usage-priced machine data platform for storing and querying logs, traces and metrics.$25 /moBetter StackBetter Stack is an observability platform combining log management, tracing, metrics, error tracking, uptime monitoring, incident management and status pages.$25 /moPapertrail alternative: LogtailBetter Stack is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform with log management, tracing, metrics, uptime monitoring, incident management and status pages.$25 /moSolarWinds LogglyLoggly is a cloud log management service from SolarWinds that collects logs from many sources without proprietary agents and lets teams search and analyze them.$79 /moDatadog competitor: HoneycombHoneycomb is an observability platform for tracing, logs, and metrics, with AI agent tooling and OpenTelemetry support.$150 /moCriblCribl sells a telemetry platform (Stream, Edge, Search, Lake, Detect) that routes, processes, stores and searches IT and security data.$250 /moNew RelicUsage-priced observability platform from New Relic that includes log management alongside APM, infrastructure, and security monitoring.$349 /moDatadogDatadog is a monitoring and security platform that includes a log management product alongside infrastructure, application, security and AI tools.$500 /moGraylogGraylog is a log management and SIEM platform sold as a free source-available edition plus paid Enterprise and Security editions, self-managed or in Graylog Cloud.$1,250 /moChronosphereObservability platform (Chronosphere, now Cortex XCOR by Palo Alto Networks) that handles logs, metrics and traces with tools to cut data volume and cost.QuoteCoralogixCoralogix is an observability platform for logs, metrics, traces and AI telemetry that stores data in the customer's own cloud storage, priced per GB ingested.$0.42 /minuteElastic ObservabilityElastic sells Elasticsearch-based search, observability and security software, including log analytics, as cloud or self-managed products.QuoteFluentd (Treasure Data)Fluentd is an open source data collector that unifies log collection and routing between data sources and backend systems.QuoteLogz.ioLogz.io is a managed observability platform built on open source tools (OpenSearch, Prometheus, Jaeger) covering logs, metrics, traces and cloud SIEM.$0.92 /days retentionManageEngine EventLog AnalyzerLog management and SIEM software that collects, searches, and analyzes logs and produces compliance reports, sold per log source, with an on-premises edition and a cloud edition.QuoteMezmoMezmo sells a telemetry pipeline and log management platform with an AI SRE agent, and also publishes AURA, an open-source agent for production SRE work.QuoteOBObserveObserve by Snowflake is an observability platform for logs, metrics and traces built on a Snowflake lakehouse, with an AI SRE assistant.QuoteOpenObserveOpen-source observability platform for logs, metrics and traces, sold as managed cloud billed per GB ingested or as self-hosted software.$0.50 /gb queriedSumo LogicCloud log analytics, SIEM and AI-agent platform for DevOps and security teams, sold with a free trial and credit-based pricing.QuoteHow this list is made
Every price is read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date shown and tied to the line it came from. Tools are ordered by what they cost at a typical volume, then by starting price. No one pays to be listed or ranked.