Graylog today
Starts at
$1,250/mo yearly
- Contract
- 1 to 5 year subscription terms; multi-year locks rate
- Free plan
- Graylog Open is free permanently, source-available under SSPL, no daily ingest cap or...
Cheaper than Graylog (8)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Graylog | States that Graylog doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SematextLogs Basic, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$5/moLogs Basic plan, starting price | $1,245 lessstarting price | Live tail, OpenTelemetry support | No contracts or commitments, cancel any time (infra monitoring FAQ) | Trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card needed |
 Site24x7 Log ManagementWeb Uptime, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/moWeb Uptime plan, starting price | $1,240 lessstarting price | Nothing extra found | Not found | Free forever plan: monitor the uptime of up to 50 resources and receive... |
 LogicMonitorEssentials, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$16/moEssentials plan, starting price | $1,234 lessstarting price | OpenTelemetry support | Existing contracts stay in effect for current term; actual pricing... | Trial: 15 days on any plan (pricing page); home page says 14-day access |
| Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud)Pro, read Oct 29, 2026 | $19/moPro plan, starting price | $1,231 lessstarting price | OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2 | Enterprise: minimum annual commit of $25,000 | Always-free plan: logs limited to 50 GB ingested per month with 14 day... |
 AxiomAxiom Cloud, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moAxiom Cloud plan, starting price | $1,225 lessstarting price | OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | No minimum commitment on pay as you go; optional 12, 24 or 36... | Personal plan is permanent and free with 500 GB/mo data loading compute, 10... |
 Better StackNano bundle (Europe), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$30/moNano bundle (Europe) plan, starting price | $1,220 lessstarting price | Live tail, OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2 | Not found | Free for personal projects: 3 GB logs retained for 3 days, 3 GB traces... |
 SolarWinds LogglyStandard, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$79/mo yearlyStandard plan, starting price | $1,171 lessstarting price | Nothing extra found | Month-to-month plans available; annual prepaid plans offered at a... | Lite plan is free: centralized log management, automated log summaries... |
 HoneycombPro, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$150/moPro plan, starting price | $1,100 lessstarting price | OpenTelemetry support | Monthly or annual subscription on Pro | Free forever: up to 20M events and 100M metrics data points per month, 2... |
Other options (6)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Graylog | States that Graylog doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New RelicStandard full platform user (first user), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/userStandard full platform user (first user) plan, starting price | Not comparable | OpenTelemetry support, HIPAA BAA | Pay-as-you-go with no commitment past the current month... | Perpetual free tier each month: 100 GB data ingest, one free full platform... |
 Coralogixread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.06/GBUsage price | Not comparable | OpenTelemetry support | Fees invoiced and payable annually in advance, non-cancellable | Trial: 14-day free trial, all features, no credit card, quota of 8 units |
 Datadogread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.10/gb ingestedUsage price | Not comparable | OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Service use is governed by the Master Subscription Agreement or... | Trial: Free trial offered, length not stated |
 Dynatraceread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.20/GiBUsage price | Not comparable | OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Annual commitment at the platform level | Trial: 15-day free trial |
 Logz.ioread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.92/ingested GB, per dayUsage price | Not comparable | Live tail, OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2, HIPAA BAA | Annual or monthly plans; monthly costs 1.2x the annual price | Trial: 14-day free trial |
 OpenObserveread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.50/GB ingestedUsage price | Not comparable | OpenTelemetry support, SOC 2 | Committed terms are non-cancellable | Self-hosted Open Source edition is free forever; Self-Hosted Enterprise is... |
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Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Graylog?
Sematext, at $5/mo by starting price, $1,245 less than Graylog. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to Graylog?
Yes. 8 log management software have a free plan, including Site24x7 Log Management, Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud), Axiom, Better Stack, SolarWinds Loggly.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Graylog's own category, Log management software. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Graylog doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Graylog's, which doesn't prove Graylog lacks it. How prices are read.