Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitGrafana Loki vs Quickwit
What both publish
| Fact | Grafana Loki | Quickwit |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Loki is horizontally scalable, highly available, and multi-tenant, and it indexes labels rather than the contents of log lines. | Quickwit decouples compute and storage and uses stateless indexers and searchers. |
| Deployment options | self-hosted | both |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
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—
Quickwit plans
- Quickwit Enterprise LicensePriced on request
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 Quickwit if…
Quickwit suits teams managing logs, traces, or event data who want open-source search over cloud storage. It fits distributed deployments and users able to run Linux or compatible installation methods.