Honeycomb
7.4#3 in telemetry pipeline softwareFrom $150 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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rsyslog
6.7#9 in telemetry pipeline softwareFrom $166.58 a monthFree planLinuxSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | Honeycomb | rsyslog |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2004 |
| Integrations | The integration directory lists technologies including AWS, OpenTelemetry, Slack, MySQL, Prometheus, ServiceNow, and GitHub Actions. | Documented outputs include Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, Apache Kafka, HTTP endpoints, and syslog forwarding. |
| Support | Honeycomb Support handles generally available product features and can receive tickets through its support portal or by email. | Community support is available through the mailing list, while Adiscon offers paid enterprise support for business users. |
Honeycomb plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$150 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
rsyslog plans
- rsyslogFree
- Windows Agent Basic$55, paid once
- Windows Agent Professional$79, paid once
- Windows Agent Enterprise$109, paid once
- Enterprise Support€1,999 a year
- Extended Enterprise Support€3,899 a year
Pick Honeycomb if…
Honeycomb describes its Free plan for testing and individual projects, Pro for teams with a production application, and Enterprise for multi-team and large-scale applications. It supports teams working with traces, logs, metrics and OpenTelemetry data.
Pick rsyslog if…
rsyslog suits teams collecting and routing logs in Linux or other POSIX environments. Windows users can collect event and local file logs with the separate Windows Agent and relay syslog messages to Linux.