# Grafana Loki vs Mezmo

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Mezmo

| Attribute | Grafana Loki | Mezmo |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 67.2 (75% (high)) | 81.2 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 334 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 28,865 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Log Management Software.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"What is Grafana Loki?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafana Loki is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $0.05. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"Is Grafana Loki free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafana Loki supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"What platforms does Grafana Loki support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Grafana Loki can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"Can Grafana Loki be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Grafana Loki, including Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes and Docker. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"What does Grafana Loki integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Grafana Loki. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Grafana Loki not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.grafana.com","question":"What security certifications does Grafana Loki have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Grafana Loki is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/grafana/loki","question":"Is Grafana Loki open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Grafana Loki is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","question":"Where is Grafana Loki available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Mezmo is a telemetry pipeline platform that helps organizations ingest, transform, and route observability data while enforcing compliance requirements through features like PII redaction and field encryption. It provides in-stream alerting and anomaly detection on data before it reaches destination systems, enabling faster incident response and cost optimization through intelligent data routing. It is indexed under Log Management Software.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com","question":"What is Mezmo?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Mezmo offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com/blog/the-dollars-sense-of-pricing-daily-vs-monthly-vs-metered","question":"Is Mezmo free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Mezmo supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com/blog/the-dollars-sense-of-pricing-daily-vs-monthly-vs-metered","question":"What platforms does Mezmo support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Mezmo can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com/blog/the-dollars-sense-of-pricing-daily-vs-monthly-vs-metered","question":"Can Mezmo be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Mezmo, including Splunk, Datadog, Harness, OpenTelemetry, Slack and PagerDuty. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com","question":"What does Mezmo integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Mezmo. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Mezmo not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com/compliance","question":"What security certifications does Mezmo have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Mezmo is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.mezmo.com/blog/the-dollars-sense-of-pricing-daily-vs-monthly-vs-metered","question":"Where is Mezmo available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source logging system that stores logs as labeled streams rather than indexing full log text, reducing storage overhead and enabling fast queries. It integrates with Prometheus and Grafana to provide unified observability across logs and metrics. | Mezmo provides a telemetry pipeline platform for observability, including tools like AURA (an SRE agent platform for safe AI automation), pipeline management via Terraform, and log querying capabilities. It supports Kubernetes deployment through Helm charts and integrates with platforms like Slack and PagerDuty. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"log_role":"backend","live_tail":true,"dashboards":true,"query_language":"LogQL","full_text_search":false,"structured_parsing":true,"object_store_backed":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"log_role":"platform","live_tail":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_support":"native","pii_redaction":true,"query_language":"Telemetry Pipeline configuration language","structured_parsing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Prometheus Alertmanager","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Alloy","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Promtail","native":true,"direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Harness"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Slack","category":"chat"},{"name":"PagerDuty","category":"incident_management"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Always free, no credit card required","features":["All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage","Community support","14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Perfect for personal projects, exploring new ideas, and early-stage startups","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"14 days","logs_ingested":"50 GB/mo","metrics_series":"10k active series"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"From $19/month + usage with volume discounts","features":["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"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD","description":"Process rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD","description":"Write rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","description":"Retain rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1k series"},"kind":"metered","amount":6.5,"currency":"USD","description":"Metrics (overage)"}],"description":"Ready for scaling with more retention, basic support, and usage-based pricing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"30 days","logs_ingested":"50 GB/mo included","metrics_series":"10k active series included"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $25,000/year minimum commit with custom pricing","features":["Premium support","Custom retention","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)","Scalable pricing based on annual commit and volume discounts"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1k series"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"currency":"USD","description":"Metrics (as low as with volume discount)"}],"description":"Full-service offering for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"minimum_annual_spend":"$25,000"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $19/month + metered usage with volume discounts. Enterprise from $25,000/year.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:24:26.849Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.05,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Metered billing with pay-per-GB pricing; free trial available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.mezmo.com/blog/the-dollars-sense-of-pricing-daily-vs-monthly-vs-metered","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:30:16.826Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.7","date":"2026-08-27T20:20:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.16","date":"2026-08-27T21:54:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/operator/v0.11.0","date":"2026-08-18T15:48:41Z","type":"stable","version":"operator/v0.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.6","date":"2026-08-06T09:42:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.5","date":"2026-08-05T03:41:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.15","date":"2026-08-06T09:59:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.14","date":"2026-08-05T00:25:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.13","date":"2026-07-24T07:37:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.4","date":"2026-07-24T07:49:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.3","date":"2026-06-24T16:32:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.12","date":"2026-06-24T15:04:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/operator/v0.10.2","date":"2026-06-09T17:51:17Z","type":"stable","version":"operator/v0.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.2","date":"2026-05-13T12:22:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.11","date":"2026-05-13T12:06:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/operator/v0.10.1","date":"2026-04-16T11:06:37Z","type":"stable","version":"operator/v0.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.10","date":"2026-04-03T15:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.1","date":"2026-03-27T11:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2026-03-26T16:20:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/v3.6.8","date":"2026-03-25T17:26:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/tag/operator/v0.10.0","date":"2026-03-18T16:38:26Z","type":"stable","version":"operator/v0.10.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.9 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/ | https://www.mezmo.com/blog/data-compliance-module |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Floki&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Log Management Software)

| Capability | Grafana Loki | Mezmo |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Pipeline role | Backend | 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 | LogQL | Telemetry Pipeline configuration language |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T03:46:56.587Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*