Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitGrafana Loki vs LogInformant
LogInformant
7.6#20 in log management softwareFree planFree planWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Grafana Loki | LogInformant |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options | self-hosted | cloud |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Official documentation lists Grafana Alloy as the recommended collector and describes OpenTelemetry, Promtail, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Vector, Logstash and other clients. | The maker lists Serilog, Winston, Python logging, Monolog, Logback, and a raw HTTP ingest API. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Loki is a log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from applications and infrastructure. | LogInformant centralizes application logs for search, export, alerting, dashboards, and investigation. |
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—
LogInformant plans
- Enterprise$4,790.40
- FreeFree
- Starter$19 a month
- Pro$49 a month
- Business$149 a month
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.
Pick LogInformant if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.