Comparison

Datadog Logs vs Loggly

On the evidence we track, Datadog Logs leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Datadog Logs68

Loggly58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Datadog LogsLeader	Loggly
Vioscale score	68 / 100low · 48%updating	58 / 100low · 49%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1,000	23
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Datadog Logs68 / 100low · 48%updating

Loggly58 / 100low · 49%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Datadog Logs–

Loggly✓

Model

Datadog Logscommercial

Logglyfreemium

Price level

Datadog Logs–

Logglyhigh

Transparent

Datadog Logs–

Loggly✓

Integrations

Count

Datadog Logs1,000

Loggly23

Security

Disclosure policy

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly–

Gdpr

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Iso27001

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly–

Soc2

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly–

Reliability

Status page

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Market

Availability

Datadog LogsAvailable worldwide

LogglyAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for log management software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Log Management Software
Capability	Datadog Logs	Loggly
Core
Pipeline role	End-to-end platform	End-to-end platform
Search
Full-text log search	✓	✓
Live tail / stream	✓	-
Processing
Structured parsing	✓	✓
PII redaction at ingest	✓	-
Ops
Log-based alerting	✓	✓
Dashboards / visualisation	✓	✓
Storage
Retention tiering	✓	✓
Object-store columnar backend	-	✗
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs	-	-
Query language	-	simple keyword search
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only

Core

Pipeline role

Datadog LogsEnd-to-end platform

LogglyEnd-to-end platform

Full-text log search

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Live tail / stream

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly-

Processing

Structured parsing

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

PII redaction at ingest

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly-

Ops

Log-based alerting

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Dashboards / visualisation

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Storage

Retention tiering

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Object-store columnar backend

Datadog Logs-

Loggly✗

Interop

OpenTelemetry logs

Datadog Logs-

Loggly-

Query language

Datadog Logs-

Logglysimple keyword search

Deployment

Hosting

Datadog LogsCloud + self-hosted

LogglyCloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Datadog Logs

Leader

A centralized logging platform that aggregates logs from infrastructure and applications, enabling teams to search, correlate, and analyze log data to quickly diagnose issues, optimize performance, and identify security threats.

Independently observed

Loggly

A cloud service that aggregates logs from multiple sources and provides searching, analysis, visualization, and alerting capabilities for application monitoring and troubleshooting.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Datadog Logs

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Loggly

from $79/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

From $79/month (annual billing), with free tier

LiteFree
- Centralized log management
- Automated log summaries
- Search & filters
Standard$79/month billed annually
- All Lite features
- Unlimited users
- Up to 3 source groups
- Email alerting
- Charts and dashboards
- +1 more
Pro$159/month billed annually
- All Standard features
- Up to 5 source groups
- Email and webhook alerts
- Custom derived fields (up to 10 rules)
- API access
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Pro features
- Unlimited source groups
- Unlimited derived field rules
- Custom retention periods
- Technical success management
- +4 more

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Datadog Logs	Loggly
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✓

Self-hosted

Datadog Logs✓

Loggly✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Datadog Logs

Leader

7 total

NVIDIA
Weaviate
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Cloud
AWS
Azure

Independently observed

Loggly

23 total

Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon ELB
Amazon S3
AWS Lambda
Docker
Elasticsearch
Flowdock
GitHub
Graylog
HipChat
JIRA Software
Logstash
Mandrill
Microsoft Teams
Monolog
New Relic
PagerDuty
Pushover
Rollbar
Sentry
Slack
VictorOps
Webhooks

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.