Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Grafana Loki | Graylog Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Official documentation lists Grafana Alloy as the recommended collector and describes OpenTelemetry, Promtail, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Vector, Logstash and other clients. | Enterprise adds inputs for services and applications including Office 365, Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and Salesforce. |
| Purpose | Loki is a log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from applications and infrastructure. | Graylog Enterprise centralizes log management for IT teams, giving them visibility and operational control across their environments. |
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.
Graylog Enterprise suits IT teams that need centralized log analysis across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. Its compliance content and access controls may also fit organizations working with HIPAA, PCI DSS, or SOC 2 frameworks.