Google Cloud Logging
8.8#4 in log management softwareFrom $0.01 a monthFree planiOSWebAPILinux
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Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Google Cloud Logging | Grafana Loki |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options | cloud | self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Cloud Monitoring, Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and BigQuery. | Official documentation lists Grafana Alloy as the recommended collector and describes OpenTelemetry, Promtail, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Vector, Logstash and other clients. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Log pipelines | Yes | Yes |
Google Cloud Logging plans
- Logging storage (non-vended network logs)$0.50 a month
- Logging retention beyond default period$0.01 a month
- Log AnalyticsFree
- Log RouterFree
- Free allotmentFree
- Logs RouterFree
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 Google Cloud Logging if…
It suits teams that need a cloud-based place to inspect, retain, and export logs. The free ingestion allowance may be useful, while storage and longer retention have listed charges.
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.