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Comparison

Loggly vs Vector

No clear leader: Loggly (56.0) and Vector (52.0) 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 →Vector full profile →
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Loggly56
Vector52
Score
vioscaleAI score
Loggly56 / 100low · 49%
Vector52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Loggly✓
Vector✓
Model
Price level
Logglyhigh
Vectorfree
Transparent
Loggly✓
Vector✓
Integrations
Count
Loggly23
Vector20
Security
Disclosure policy
Loggly–
Vector✓
Gdpr
Loggly✓
Vector–
Scorecard
Loggly–
Vector6.2
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Loggly✓
Vector–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Loggly–
Vector0
Github stars
Loggly–
Vector22,694
Activity
Commits last 30d
Loggly–
Vector100
Release
Cadence days
Loggly–
Vector41
History
Loggly–
Vector20 items
License
Spdx
Loggly–
VectorMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Loggly–
VectorRust
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Loggly7 items
Vector6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Pipeline role
LogglyEnd-to-end platform
VectorEnd-to-end platform
Search
Full-text log search
Loggly✓
Vector-
Live tail / stream
Loggly-
Vector✓
Processing
Structured parsing
Loggly✓
Vector✓
PII redaction at ingest
Loggly-
Vector✓
Ops
Log-based alerting
Loggly✓
Vector-
Dashboards / visualisation
Loggly✓
Vector-
Storage
Retention tiering
Loggly✓
Vector-
Object-store columnar backend
Loggly✗
Vector✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs
Loggly-
VectorNative
Query language
Logglysimple keyword search
VectorVector Remap Language (VRL)
Deployment
Hosting
LogglyCloud only
VectorSelf-hosted only

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

Vector

An end-to-end data pipeline for collecting, transforming, and routing logs and metrics from any source to any destination, with full programmability and vendor independence.

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 ↗

Vector

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (MPL 2.0 license)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Loggly✓
Vector✗
macOS
Loggly✗
Vector✓
Windows
Loggly✗
Vector✓
Linux
Loggly✗
Vector✓
CLI
Loggly✗
Vector✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Loggly✓
Vector✓
Self-hosted
Loggly✗
Vector✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Docker
  • Elasticsearch
  • Logstash
  • New Relic

Loggly

23 total - 19 not shared
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon ELB
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Lambda
  • Flowdock
  • GitHub
  • Graylog
  • HipChat
  • JIRA Software
  • Mandrill
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Monolog
  • PagerDuty
  • Pushover
  • Rollbar
  • Sentry
  • Slack
  • VictorOps
  • Webhooks
Independently observed

Vector

46 total - 42 not shared
  • Datadog
  • Prometheus
  • Influx
  • AWS S3
  • GCP Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob
  • Kafka
  • Syslog
  • StatsD
  • M3
  • VictoriaMetrics
  • Timescale
  • Databricks
  • GreptimeDB
  • OpenTelemetry
  • HTTP
  • File
  • Socket
  • Stdin
  • Windows Event Log
  • AppSignal
  • Axiom
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS Kinesis
  • +18 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Loggly or Vector: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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