Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitGrafana Loki vs LogNog
What both publish
| Fact | Grafana Loki | LogNog |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options | self-hosted | self-hosted |
| 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's README lists integrations for Supabase log drains, Vercel log drains, SmartThings, OpenTelemetry, Claude Desktop via MCP, and generic HTTP. |
| License | Grafana states that Loki is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. | The maker describes LogNog as MIT licensed and says it has no license fees. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Loki is a log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from applications and infrastructure. | LogNog is self-hosted log management for homelabs and beyond, with search, dashboards, alerts, and live tail. |
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—
LogNog plans
No prices published.
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 LogNog if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.