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Comparison

Loggly vs OpenObserve

No clear leader: OpenObserve (60.8) 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.

Loggly full profile →OpenObserve full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Loggly58
OpenObserve61
Score
Vioscale score
Loggly58 / 100low · 49%updating
OpenObserve61 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Model
Logglyfreemium
OpenObservefreemium
Price level
Logglyhigh
OpenObservelow
Transparent
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Integrations
Count
Loggly23
OpenObserve9
Security
Gdpr
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Soc2
Loggly–
OpenObserve✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Loggly–
OpenObserve99.9
Status page
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Loggly–
OpenObserve0
Github stars
Loggly–
OpenObserve21,485
Package downloads weekly
Loggly–
OpenObserve187
Activity
Commits last 30d
Loggly–
OpenObserve100
Release
Cadence days
Loggly–
OpenObserve4
History
Loggly–
OpenObserve20 items
License
Spdx
Loggly–
OpenObserveAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Loggly–
OpenObserveTypeScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Pipeline role
LogglyEnd-to-end platform
OpenObserveBackend
Search
Full-text log search
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Live tail / stream
Loggly-
OpenObserve-
Processing
Structured parsing
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
PII redaction at ingest
Loggly-
OpenObserve-
Ops
Log-based alerting
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Dashboards / visualisation
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Storage
Retention tiering
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Object-store columnar backend
Loggly✗
OpenObserve✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs
Loggly-
OpenObserveNative
Query language
Logglysimple keyword search
OpenObserveSQL, PromQL, VRL
Deployment
Hosting
LogglyCloud only
OpenObserveCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

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

OpenObserve

A cost-effective, full-stack observability solution that ingests and monitors logs, traces, metrics, and real-user monitoring data with native OpenTelemetry support. Available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted open-source deployment, using compression and columnar storage to dramatically reduce infrastructure costs.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

OpenObserve

from $0.01/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source tier; cloud at $0.50/GB ingestion with flat-rate model (no per-host, per-pod, or per-session meters).

  • Cloud$0.50/GB ingestion, $0.01/GB query scan
    • Full-stack observability
    • Logs, metrics, traces, RUM
    • SQL and PromQL query support
    • Retention included
    • Multi-tenancy
    • +1 more
  • Self-Hosted Open SourceFree
    • Unlimited ingestion
    • OpenTelemetry native
    • Full platform access
    • Community support
  • Self-Hosted EnterpriseContact sales
    • SSO with custom auth providers
    • Role-based access control
    • Higher performance
    • Commercial support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
CLI
Loggly✗
OpenObserve✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Loggly✓
OpenObserve✓
Self-hosted
Loggly✗
OpenObserve✓
On-premise
Loggly✗
OpenObserve✓
Hybrid
Loggly✗
OpenObserve✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Amazon S3

Loggly

23 total - 22 not shared
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon ELB
  • 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

OpenObserve

9 total - 8 not shared
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus
  • SQL
  • PromQL
  • Apache Parquet
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • MinIO
Independently observed

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