What is Fluentd?
An open source data collector that provides a unified logging layer, allowing unification of data collection and consumption while decoupling data sources from backend systems.
Fluentd pricing
We don't have Fluentd's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Fluentd does
The capabilities that matter for log management software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Pipeline role
- End-to-end platform
- Full-text log search
- -
- Live tail / stream
- -
- Structured parsing
- -
- PII redaction at ingest
- -
- Log-based alerting
- -
- Dashboards / visualisation
- -
- Retention tiering
- -
- Object-store columnar backend
- -
- OpenTelemetry logs
- -
- Query language
- -
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Fluentd alternatives
Other log management software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Fluentd, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrations | 78 | 0.09 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 0.05 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 44 | 0.10 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 67 | 0.06 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 0.13 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.15 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 23 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 13,573 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"self","log_role":"platform"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 500 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Ruby | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 59 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |