AxoSyslog
6.6#75 in log management softwareFree planFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
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Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | AxoSyslog | Grafana Loki |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options | self-hosted | self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Named integrations include Splunk Cloud, Grafana Loki, Amazon S3, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, OpenSearch, ClickHouse, CrowdStrike, Google Pub/Sub, and BigQuery. | Official documentation lists Grafana Alloy as the recommended collector and describes OpenTelemetry, Promtail, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Vector, Logstash and other clients. |
| License | AxoSyslog version 4.12 and newer uses the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. | Grafana states that Loki is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. |
| Log pipelines | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | AxoSyslog is an open-source security data processor for collecting, processing, and routing logs and observability data. | Loki is a log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from applications and infrastructure. |
AxoSyslog plans
- AxoSyslogFree
Grafana Loki plans
- Grafana Cloud Logs FreeFree
- Grafana Loki OSS self-hostedFree
- Loki (self-hosted)Free
- Grafana Cloud Logs Pro$19 a month
- Grafana Cloud Logs Enterprise—
Pick AxoSyslog if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Grafana Loki if…
Loki suits teams that need to aggregate and query application or infrastructure logs and can manage a self-hosted deployment or use Grafana Cloud Logs. Its label-based indexing and LogQL are central considerations for selecting it.