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    Graylog

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AGraylog, headquartered in Houston, offers their eponymous platform for centralized log management that helps users find meaning in data faster so as to take action immediately. Graylog is available via Enterprise and Cloud plans, but also has a Small Business Plan, and an Open (free) plan with limited features.N/A

    Logz.io

    Score7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Logz.io in Boston offers their enterprise-grade log analytics application, oriented towards providing data security and eliminating the need for capacity management.

    $0.84

    per ingested GB 3 day of log retention

    Pricing
    GraylogLogz.io
    Editions & Modules
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    Log Management - Community
    $0
    1 day of log retention.
    Log Management - Pro
    $.92
    per ingested GB. 7 days retention.
    Distributed Tracing - Pro
    $5
    Per million spans.
    Infrastructure Monitoring - Pro
    $12
    per month per 1000 time-series metrics.
    Log Management - Enterprise
    Custom
    Cloud SIEM - Enterprise
    from $1.49
    per ingested GB. Price includes Logz.io Log Management
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GraylogLogz.io
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Graylog
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    Logz.io
    Chose Logz.io
    Graylog and Microsoft System Center lacks infrastructure management and logging, proper analytics is done only on Logz.io. The customer support is also really great for Logz.io, we are really pleased with their support and timely action. The migration was also easy and took us …
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    User Ratings
    GraylogLogz.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GraylogLogz.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Graylog
    For small companies, Graylog is the best solution possible. It's easy to configure and "just works." Above everything else, it's free. The only thing I hold against it is the fact that it's Linux-based. [This] makes sense because Elasticsearch is Linux-based. But Linux adds a layer of complexity that we don't need for something basic as a logging server. I'm pretty sure that we would have had a logging server years earlier if I had to convince quite a few decision-making people to go ahead with it anyway.
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    Logz.io
    Logz.io is an effective solution if your alerting needs are fairly straightforward and you don't need long-term retention of logs with easy access. If being able to maintain easy access to logs longer than this is necessary, another solution might be better. If you need a high degree of precision with alerting triggers and the ability to suppress alerts, you will need to combine Logz.io with an integration to get this or you might consider a different solution.
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    Pros
    Graylog
    • Graylog does a great job of its core function: log aggregation, retention, and searching.
    • Graylog has a very flexible configuration. The backend for storage is Elasticsearch and MongoDB is used to store the configuration. You have to option to make your configuration as simple as possible by storing everything on one box, or you can scale everything out horizontally by using a cluster of Elasticsearch nodes and MongoDB servers with several Graylog servers pointed to all the necessary nodes.
    • Graylog does a good job of abstracting away a fair portion of Elasticsearch index management (sharding, creation, deletion, rotation, etc).
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    Logz.io
    • Well documented and easy to set up.
    • Their alerting mechanism is really great especially when it comes to application monitoring.
    • Our data analysis in Kibana is made easy with the solution for Logz.io.
    • The issue checking and fixing is escalated quickly and is reported in time.
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    Cons
    Graylog
    • Support for more log sources
    • Event alerts/emails - Some cases where unable to separate data from multiple clients, and no easy fix
    • API - Limits results to 10,000 and can cause server to lockup on queries that exceed the limit
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    Logz.io
    • Its price can be very high, so you should have good control of it to avoid exaggerated figures.
    • Some functions can be confusing.
    • It has limits to create subaccounts, which is a big problem for large companies.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Graylog
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    Logz.io
    Really easy to use and ship the logs Good customer support Easy integration with the modules
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    Usability
    Graylog
    No answers on this topic
    Logz.io
    I initially struggled trying to ensure the correct data was returned in the Kibana search, but I found it overall easy to use. Some of the UI is not as seamless as I'd expect, like changing the environment completely resets your search criteria and filters, which is annoying since it's a common use case to search something in multiple environments
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    Support Rating
    Graylog
    Community support does not give simple straightforward answers; simply search up Graylog Issues and look at some of the responses on the forums. The documentation is your only hope if you are on the free version, as you can NOT purchase only support. The few times I have worked with Graylog Enterprise support they were great though.
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    Logz.io
    Their support team is the best in the world! They supported us in most of the critical times and helped to resolve the issue in real time. Also their email support is well maintained and never a mail is missed unanswered. Kudos to the support team of logz.io for maintaining professionalism.
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    Implementation Rating
    Graylog
    No answers on this topic
    Logz.io
    Implementation of logzio is easy. Exporting the logs with filebeat agent is our main key source.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Graylog
    In terms of log aggregation, the free product fully stacks up with the competitors listed. Full control over the data ingests for flexible configuration. Graylog even better on that front than AlienVault USM because you cannot configure the variable mapping. We haven't used the threat exchange stuff or correlation. But with regex searches, we have created function dashboards that show threat theater pictures of our network based on logs from our firewall.
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    Logz.io
    Logz.io is more affordable, less work to maintain, and has more features. It was an easy choice. After my last team had to manage their own ELK stack, this was a no brainer. It helps us be focused on our core competencies.
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    Return on Investment
    Graylog
    • Graylog is just less expensive than some other options which meant it fit into our budget otherwise we might not be able to justify a higher cost.
    • Being able to track issues that we normally couldn't track using other tools is a bonus to help us know of any issues we have and can fix before an outage or failure that could potentially cost money.
    • We have had to spend more time than I would like to understand and customize Graylog which has taken time away from other tasks and projects.
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    Logz.io
    • about the investment, this tool is helping in our day to day activities
    • easy to troubleshoot the errors
    • simple and powerful
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