# Fluentd vs Loggly

| Attribute | Fluentd | Loggly |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57 (54% (medium)) | 56 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 29 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 3,044 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,607 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Log Management Software.","source":"https://www.fluentd.org/","question":"What is Fluentd?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Fluentd is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.fluentd.org/","question":"Is Fluentd free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Fluentd supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.fluentd.org/","question":"What platforms does Fluentd support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Fluentd can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.fluentd.org/","question":"Can Fluentd be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Fluentd is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd","question":"Is Fluentd open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud service that aggregates logs from multiple sources and provides searching, analysis, visualization, and alerting capabilities for application monitoring and troubleshooting. It is indexed under Log Management Software.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What is Loggly?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Loggly offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $79 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Is Loggly free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Loggly. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What platforms does Loggly support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Loggly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Can Loggly be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 23 integrations for Loggly, including Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon ELB, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, Docker, Elasticsearch, Flowdock and GitHub, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What does Loggly integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Loggly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Loggly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/blog/privacy-security-performance-logging/","question":"What security certifications does Loggly have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Loggly is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Where is Loggly available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A cloud service that aggregates logs from multiple sources and provides searching, analysis, visualization, and alerting capabilities for application monitoring and troubleshooting. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","log_role":"shipper","structured_parsing":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"log_role":"platform","dashboards":true,"query_language":"simple keyword search","full_text_search":true,"retention_tiering":true,"structured_parsing":true,"object_store_backed":false}` |
| integrations.count | 500 | 23 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Amazon CloudWatch"},{"name":"Amazon ELB"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Flowdock"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Graylog"},{"name":"HipChat"},{"name":"JIRA Software"},{"name":"Logstash"},{"name":"Mandrill"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Monolog"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"Rollbar"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"VictorOps"},{"name":"Webhooks"}]` |
| language.primary | Ruby | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.fluentd.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:05:37.414Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Lite","summary":"Free","features":["Centralized log management","Automated log summaries","Search & filters"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"volume":"200 MB/day","retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$79/month billed annually","features":["All Lite features","Unlimited users","Up to 3 source groups","Email alerting","Charts and dashboards","Email support"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"volume":"1 GB/day","retention":"15 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$159/month billed annually","features":["All Standard features","Up to 5 source groups","Email and webhook alerts","Custom derived fields (up to 10 rules)","API access","Archive to Amazon S3","Peak Overage Protection"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":159,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"volume":"up to 100 GB/day","retention":"15-30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All Pro features","Unlimited source groups","Unlimited derived field rules","Custom retention periods","Technical success management","GitHub integration","JIRA integration","Anomaly detection","Federated identity management"],"commitment":"annual","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"volume":"custom","retention":"15-90 days"}}],"summary":"From $79/month (annual billing), with free tier","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.loggly.com/plans-and-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:07:57.436Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 70 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.19.4","date":"2026-09-28T05:54:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.19.3","date":"2026-06-25T09:16:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.19.2","date":"2026-02-19T04:41:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.11","date":"2025-12-10T04:43:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.19.1","date":"2025-11-10T02:13:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.10","date":"2025-09-12T01:52:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.19.0","date":"2025-07-30T07:31:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.9","date":"2025-05-14T08:02:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.8","date":"2025-05-01T05:44:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.7","date":"2025-01-30T01:44:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.18.0","date":"2024-11-29T05:30:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.6","date":"2024-08-20T08:09:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.17.1","date":"2024-08-20T01:34:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.17.0","date":"2024-04-30T09:14:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.5","date":"2024-03-27T09:07:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.4","date":"2024-03-14T08:12:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.3","date":"2023-11-14T05:23:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.2","date":"2023-07-14T08:27:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.1","date":"2023-04-17T07:51:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases/tag/v1.16.0","date":"2023-03-29T04:04:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"Third-party security audit","status":"active","auditor":"Cure53"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 8.6 | - |
| security.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"}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:08:51.659Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*