Sawmill
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sawmill, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Sawmill's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Lite — 1 profile | — | 1 profile · 1 installation |
| Lite — 5 profiles | — | 5 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 1 profile | — | 1 profile · 1 installation |
| Professional — 5 profiles | — | 5 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 10 profiles | — | 10 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 25 profiles | — | 25 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 50 profiles | — | 50 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 75 profiles | — | 75 profiles · 1 installation |
| Professional — 100 profiles | — | 100 profiles · 1 installation |
| Lite — 1-profile | $99, paid once | 1 profile · one installation · licenses are perpetual · Perpetual license; one installation, one profile |
| Professional — 1-profile | $199, paid once | 1 profile · one installation · licenses are perpetual · Perpetual license; one installation, one profile |
| Enterprise — 1-profile | $599, paid once | 1 profile · one installation · licenses are perpetual · Perpetual license; one installation, one profile |
| Professional — 1000 profiles | — | 1000 profiles · 1 installation |
| Enterprise — 1 profile | — | 1 profile · 1 installation |
| Enterprise — 5 profiles | — | 5 profiles · 1 installation |
The facts
Each one read from Sawmill's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The homepage lists user management, role-based access control, and LDAP authentication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Archive export
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Automation
- Professional includes a scheduler for automating analysis, database pruning, emailed reports, and static HTML reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Business status
- The homepage states that Sawmill has gone out of business and that its support email will continue to be monitored for questions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Database options
- The homepage says log data can be stored in Sawmill's internal database, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Professional can run locally on the analyzed server or remotely, and can publish reports through its integrated web server or email them.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- self-hostedchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Enterprise scale
- Enterprise supports multiprocessor log import and report generation, and MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle back-end databases.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License limit
- A license covers one Sawmill installation; simultaneous use on multiple computers requires multiple licenses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Log formats
- The log formats page says Sawmill supports 1,022 formats and allows users to specify a custom log format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Sawmill analyzes log data and generates graphical statistical reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Sawmill generates dynamically filtered reports through a web interface.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The pricing page says all licenses include Individual Support through the support forum and email, with paid per-incident phone support available.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1996checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Santa Cruz, California, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- A Sawmill press release identifies Flowerfire, Inc. as the maker and says it was founded in 1996 in Santa Cruz, California.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Trial
- The homepage advertises a fully functional 30-day trial version.checked 12 Oct 2026
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