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Best mtail Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from log management software ranked against mtail on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.4
    mtail vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo9.1
    mtail vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo9.0
    mtail vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  4. 4
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo9.0
    mtail vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  5. 5
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free8.9
    mtail vs Oracle Log Analytics
  6. 6
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.7
    mtail vs Sumo Logic
  7. 7
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.6
    mtail vs Elastic Observability
  8. 8
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.3
    mtail vs VictoriaLogs
  9. 9
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.3
    mtail vs SolarWinds Loggly
  10. 10
    HyperDX Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $20/mo8.2
    mtail vs HyperDX
  11. 11
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo8.2
    mtail vs NXLog
  12. 12
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo8.2
    mtail vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  13. 13
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo8.1
    mtail vs Logmanager
  14. 14
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free8.1
    mtail vs OpenObserve
  15. 15
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.1
    mtail vs groundcover
  16. 16
    Kiwi Syslog Server Free plan self-hostedWebWin $999/mo8.0
    mtail vs Kiwi Syslog Server
  17. 17
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.0
    mtail vs SparkLogs
  18. 18
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.0
    mtail vs Logflare
  19. 19
    Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 7.9
    mtail vs Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring
  20. 20
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo7.9
    mtail vs XPLG

mtail alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.4Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging9.1Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Amazon CloudWatch Logs9.0Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
4Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging9.0Free plan$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
5Oracle Log Analytics8.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
6Sumo Logic8.7Free planFreeWeb
7Elastic Observability8.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8VictoriaLogs8.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9SolarWinds Loggly8.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
10HyperDX8.2Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11NXLog8.2Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
12Grafana Cloud Application Observability8.2Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
13Logmanager8.1Free plan$0.12/moWeb
14OpenObserve8.1Free planFreeWeb
15groundcover8.1Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
16Kiwi Syslog Server8.0Free plan$999/moself-hosted, Web, Windows
17SparkLogs8.0No$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Logflare8.0Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
19Motadata ObserveOps Log Monitoring7.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20XPLG7.9Free plan$83/moself-hosted
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Questions about mtail alternatives

What is the best alternative to mtail?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 9.4 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Logging, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to mtail?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.