# Fluent Bit vs Loggly

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Loggly

| Attribute | Fluent Bit | Loggly |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 52.7 (42% (low)) | 57.9 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,062 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Collects and routes telemetry data from distributed systems with high efficiency and built-in support for the OpenTelemetry standard. | 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":"both","log_role":"shipper","otel_support":"native","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 | 100 | 23 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Syslog"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Windows Event Log"},{"name":"Podman"},{"name":"NVIDIA GPU"},{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"Google Chronicle"},{"name":"Fluent Forward"}]` | `[{"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 | C | - |
| 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://fluentbit.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:06:42.544Z"}` | `{"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 | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 8 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.1.1","date":"2026-08-16T04:40:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.1.0","date":"2026-08-06T02:29:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.8","date":"2026-08-04T05:56:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.7","date":"2026-07-09T08:29:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.9","date":"2026-07-04T16:00:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.6","date":"2026-06-26T05:43:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.8","date":"2026-06-24T15:05:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.7","date":"2026-06-06T04:22:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.5","date":"2026-06-03T06:04:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.6","date":"2026-05-21T23:19:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.5","date":"2026-05-07T19:53:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.4","date":"2026-05-01T18:06:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.3","date":"2026-04-14T21:13:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.4","date":"2026-04-10T07:57:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.2","date":"2026-04-01T18:54:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v5.0.1","date":"2026-03-31T03:52:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.3.1","date":"2026-02-20T04:22:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.3","date":"2026-02-18T17:39:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.2","date":"2025-12-24T03:23:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2025-12-18T04:57:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.2 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=stevehipwell-helm-charts-fluent-bit-collector%2Ffluent-bit-collector&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Log Management Software)

| Capability | Fluent Bit | 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 | Native | - |
| Query language | - | simple keyword search |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:54:51.365Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*