Comparison

Grafana Loki vs Loggly

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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Grafana Loki68
Loggly58
Score
Vioscale score
Grafana Loki68 / 100high · 76%
Loggly58 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Model
Grafana Lokifreemium
Logglyfreemium
Price level
Grafana Lokifree
Logglyhigh
Transparent
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Integrations
Count
Grafana Loki4
Loggly23
Security
Disclosure policy
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Fedramp
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Gdpr
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Iso27001
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Pci
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Scorecard
Grafana Loki8.1
Loggly
Soc2
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Reliability
Status page
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana Loki334
Loggly
Github stars
Grafana Loki28,789
Loggly
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana Loki100
Loggly
Release
Cadence days
Grafana Loki7
Loggly
History
Grafana Loki20 items
Loggly
License
Spdx
Grafana LokiAGPL-3.0
Loggly
Language
Primary
Grafana LokiGo
Loggly

Capabilities

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

Core
Pipeline role
Grafana LokiBackend
LogglyEnd-to-end platform
Search
Full-text log search
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Live tail / stream
Grafana Loki
Loggly-
Processing
Structured parsing
Grafana Loki
Loggly
PII redaction at ingest
Grafana Loki-
Loggly-
Ops
Log-based alerting
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Dashboards / visualisation
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Storage
Retention tiering
Grafana Loki-
Loggly
Object-store columnar backend
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs
Grafana Loki-
Loggly-
Query language
Grafana Loki-
Logglysimple keyword search
Deployment
Hosting
Grafana LokiCloud + self-hosted
LogglyCloud only

What each one is

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

Grafana Loki

Leader

Loki is a distributed log aggregation platform designed for simplicity and cost efficiency. It stores logs with only label metadata indexed rather than full-text content, making it straightforward to operate and integrate with Prometheus and Grafana for unified observability.

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.

Grafana Loki

Leader
from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $19/month + metered usage with volume discounts. Enterprise from $25,000/year.

  • FreeFree
    • All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
    • Community support
    • 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
  • ProFrom $19/month + usage with volume discounts
    • Pay as you go above the Free tier
    • 8X5 email support
    • 13 months retention for metrics
    • 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
    • Automatic volume discounts
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Premium support
    • Custom retention
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)
    • Scalable pricing based on annual commit and volume discounts
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Grafana Loki
Loggly
CLI
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana Loki
Loggly
Self-hosted
Grafana Loki
Loggly

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Docker

Grafana Loki

Leader
4 total - 3 not shared
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Kubernetes
Independently observed

Loggly

23 total - 22 not shared
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon ELB
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Lambda
  • 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.