Comparison

Fluentd vs Loggly

No clear leader: Fluentd (58.0) and Loggly (57.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Fluentd full profile →Loggly full profile →

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Fluentd58

Loggly58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Fluentd	Loggly
Vioscale score	58 / 100low · 43%	58 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	500	23
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.6	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=fluentd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: CRITICAL	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	3,044	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,578	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	23	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	70	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Fluentd58 / 100low · 43%

Loggly58 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Fluentd✓

Loggly✓

Model

Fluentdcommercial

Logglyfreemium

Price level

Fluentdfree

Logglyhigh

Transparent

Fluentd–

Loggly✓

Integrations

Count

Fluentd500

Loggly23

Security

Gdpr

Fluentd–

Loggly✓

Scorecard

Fluentd8.6

Loggly–

Vulnerabilities

FluentdCount: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=fluentd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Loggly–

Reliability

Status page

Fluentd–

Loggly✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Fluentd3,044

Loggly–

Github stars

Fluentd13,578

Loggly–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Fluentd23

Loggly–

Release

Cadence days

Fluentd70

Loggly–

History

Fluentd20 items

Loggly–

License

Spdx

FluentdApache-2.0

Loggly–

Language

Primary

FluentdRuby

Loggly–

Market

Availability

Fluentd–

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	Fluentd	Loggly
Core
Pipeline role	Shipper	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	Self-hosted only	Cloud only

Core

Pipeline role

FluentdShipper

LogglyEnd-to-end platform

Full-text log search

Fluentd-

Loggly✓

Live tail / stream

Fluentd-

Loggly-

Processing

Structured parsing

Fluentd✓

Loggly✓

PII redaction at ingest

Fluentd-

Loggly-

Ops

Log-based alerting

Fluentd-

Loggly✓

Dashboards / visualisation

Fluentd-

Loggly✓

Storage

Retention tiering

Fluentd-

Loggly✓

Object-store columnar backend

Fluentd-

Loggly✗

Interop

OpenTelemetry logs

Fluentd-

Loggly-

Query language

Fluentd-

Logglysimple keyword search

Deployment

Hosting

FluentdSelf-hosted only

LogglyCloud only

What each one is

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

Fluentd

Fluentd is an open source data collector that consolidates logs and events from multiple applications and systems into a unified pipeline, enabling better data routing, processing, and consumption across your infrastructure.

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.

Fluentd

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Fluentd	Loggly
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Fluentd✗

Loggly✓

macOS

Fluentd✓

Loggly✗

Windows

Fluentd✓

Loggly✗

Linux

Fluentd✓

Loggly✗

CLI

Fluentd✓

Loggly✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Fluentd✗

Loggly✓

Self-hosted

Fluentd✓

Loggly✗

Integrations

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

Fluentd

Not documented yet.

Loggly

23 total

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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.