Sematext today
Starts at
$5/mo
- Contract
- No contracts or commitments, cancel any time (infra monitoring FAQ)
- Free plan
- Trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card needed
Free plan, which Sematext doesn't show (9)
A free plan you can keep, in the vendor's own words.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Sematext | States that Sematext doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Site24x7 Log ManagementWeb Uptime, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/moWeb Uptime plan, starting price | $5 morestarting price | SSO | Not found | Free forever plan: monitor the uptime of up to 50 resources and receive... |
| Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud)Pro, read Oct 29, 2026 | $19/moPro plan, starting price | $14 morestarting price | AI log analysis assistant, SOC 2, SSO | 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 | $20 morestarting price | SOC 2, SSO, 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 | $25 morestarting price | AI log analysis assistant, SOC 2, SSO | 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 | $74 morestarting price | SSO | 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 | $145 morestarting price | AI log analysis assistant, SSO | Monthly or annual subscription on Pro | Free forever: up to 20M events and 100M metrics data points per month, 2... |
 GraylogGraylog Enterprise, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$1,250/mo yearlyGraylog Enterprise plan, starting price | $1,245 morestarting price | AI log analysis assistant, SSO | 1 to 5 year subscription terms; multi-year locks rate | Graylog Open is free permanently, source-available under SSPL, no daily... |
 New RelicStandard full platform user (first user), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/userStandard full platform user (first user) plan, starting price | Not comparable | AI log analysis assistant, SSO, 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... |
 OpenObserveread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.50/GB ingestedUsage price | Not comparable | AI log analysis assistant, SOC 2, SSO | Committed terms are non-cancellable | Self-hosted Open Source edition is free forever; Self-Hosted Enterprise is... |
Other options (5)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Sematext | States that Sematext doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LogicMonitorEssentials, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$16/moEssentials plan, starting price | $11 morestarting price | Nothing extra found | Existing contracts stay in effect for current term; actual pricing... | Trial: 15 days on any plan (pricing page); home page says 14-day access |
 Coralogixread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.06/GBUsage price | Not comparable | AI log analysis assistant, SSO | 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 | AI log analysis assistant, 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 | AI log analysis assistant, SOC 2, SSO, 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 | AI log analysis assistant, SOC 2, SSO, HIPAA BAA | Annual or monthly plans; monthly costs 1.2x the annual price | Trial: 14-day free trial |
No price found, or contact sales (11)
- Chronospheresales led
- Criblhybrid
- Elastic Observabilityhybrid
- Fluentd (Treasure Data)contact the vendor
- ManageEngine EventLog Analyzerhybrid
- Mezmohybrid
- Observehybrid
- Rapid7 InsightIDR/InsightOpssales led
- SolarWinds Papertrailself serve
- Splunkhybrid
- Sumo Logichybrid
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Sematext?
Yes. 9 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 Sematext'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 Sematext doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Sematext's, which doesn't prove Sematext lacks it. How prices are read.