Comparison

Fluentd vs Grafana Loki

On the evidence we track, Grafana Loki 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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Fluentd57
★Grafana Loki68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Fluentd57 / 100medium · 54%
Grafana Loki68 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✓
Model
Grafana Lokiopen_source
Price level
Fluentdfree
Grafana Lokifree
Transparent
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Integrations
Count
Fluentd500
Grafana Loki6
Security
Certifications
Grafana Loki–
Disclosure policy
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Fedramp
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Gdpr
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Iso27001
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Pci
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Scorecard
Fluentd8.6
Grafana Loki8
Soc2
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Fluentd–
Grafana Loki✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fluentd3,044
Grafana Loki334
Github stars
Fluentd13,607
Grafana Loki29,009
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fluentd29
Grafana Loki100
Release
Cadence days
Fluentd70
Grafana Loki9
History
Fluentd20 items
Grafana Loki20 items
License
Spdx
FluentdApache-2.0
Grafana LokiAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
FluentdRuby
Grafana LokiGo
Market
Availability
Fluentd–
Content
Faq
Fluentd5 items
Grafana Loki8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Pipeline role
FluentdShipper
Grafana LokiBackend
Search
Full-text log search
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki✗
Live tail / stream
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki✓
Processing
Structured parsing
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✓
PII redaction at ingest
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki-
Ops
Log-based alerting
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki✓
Dashboards / visualisation
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki✓
Storage
Retention tiering
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki-
Object-store columnar backend
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs
Fluentd-
Grafana Loki-
Query language
Fluentd-
Grafana LokiLogQL
Deployment
Hosting
FluentdSelf-hosted only
Grafana LokiCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

Fluentd

Collects event data from various sources and forwards it to multiple destinations including databases, cloud services, and data platforms. Designed to centralize log infrastructure across applications and systems.

Independently observed

Grafana Loki

Leader

A horizontally scalable, multi-tenant log aggregation platform that stores compressed logs and indexes them by labels, enabling fast queries and integration with Prometheus-based monitoring stacks.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Fluentd

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Grafana Loki

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Open source. Free tier with 50GB/mo on Grafana Cloud.

  • Grafana Cloud Logs FreeFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Fluentd✗
Grafana Loki✓
macOS
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✗
Windows
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✗
Linux
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✗
CLI
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fluentd✗
Grafana Loki✓
Self-hosted
Fluentd✓
Grafana Loki✓

Integrations

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

Fluentd

Not documented yet.

Grafana Loki

Leader
8 total
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Prometheus Alertmanager
  • Alloy
  • Promtail
  • Alertmanager
Independently observed
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