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Alternatives to Datadog Logs
21 logging tools sit alongside Datadog Logs in this directory. Below is what separates each from Datadog Logs on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Datadog Logs starts at
- $0.1/per GB ingested per month
Why people look past Datadog Logs
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Datadog Logs entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Datadog Logs carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 17 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Search, Observability, and Security Solutions
- Sold on a subscription model rather than usage-based.
Observability made simple
- Can be used without paying; Datadog Logs cannot.
- Starts $48.9 a month dearer, at $49/month.
Continuous Log Insights and Visibility
- Can be used without paying; Datadog Logs cannot.
- Starts $0.31999999999999995 a per GB (logs ingestion) dearer, at $0.42/per GB (logs ingestion).
Log Aggregation for Grafana Stack
- Can be used without paying; Datadog Logs cannot.
- Starts $0.1 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than usage-based.
Monitoring for cron jobs, websites, and background tasks
- Can be used without paying; Datadog Logs cannot.
- Starts $1.9 a monitor/month dearer, at $2/monitor/month.
- Sold on a Pay-per-monitor plus user seats model rather than usage-based.
LLM reliability platform with open-source observability and evaluation
- Can be used without paying; Datadog Logs cannot.
- Sold on a Freemium with pay-as-you-go enterprise option model rather than usage-based.
Every Datadog Logs alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog Logs (this page) | $0.1/per GB ingested per month | Usage-based | - | |
| Elastic StackSearch, Observability, and Security Solutions | On request | Subscription | - | vs Datadog Logs |
| New RelicObservability made simple | Free, then $49/month | - | - | vs Datadog Logs |
| CoralogixContinuous Log Insights and Visibility | Free, then $0.42/per GB (logs ingestion) | Usage-based | - | vs Datadog Logs |
| Grafana LokiLog Aggregation for Grafana Stack | Free | Freemium | - | vs Datadog Logs |
| Cronitor | Free, then $2/monitor/month | Pay-per-monitor plus user seats | 3 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Traceloop | Free | Freemium with pay-as-you-go enterprise option | 2 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Openstatus | Free, then $30/month | - | 4 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Healthchecks | Free, then $5/month | Per-job monitoring with fixed tiers | 4 | vs Datadog Logs |
| incident.io | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Datadog Logs |
| FireHydrant | Free, then $25/responder-month | Subscription | 3 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Checkly | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Filebeat | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Fluentd | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| ELK Stack | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Fluent Bit | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Azure Monitor | Free | Usage-based | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Better Stack | Free, then $25/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Dynatrace Logs | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Datadog Logs |
| Uptime.com | On request | Subscription | - | vs Datadog Logs |
| Rootly | $20/user-month | Subscription | 4 | vs Datadog Logs |
| AppDynamics | $6/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Datadog Logs |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Datadog Logs badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (17)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- New Relic , Free, then $49/month
- Coralogix , Free, then $0.42/per GB (logs ingestion)
- Grafana Loki , Free
- Cronitor , Free, then $2/monitor/month
- Traceloop , Free
- Openstatus , Free, then $30/month
- Healthchecks , Free, then $5/month
- incident.io , Free
Cheaper than Datadog Logs (1)
Entry price under Datadog Logs's $0.1/per GB ingested per month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Grafana Loki , Free
What you would be giving up
Datadog Logs is most often brought in for centralised log aggregation and analysis, multi-source log correlation with metrics and traces, root cause analysis and troubleshooting, security monitoring and threat detection. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Datadog Logs is broadly right and the question is cost, the Datadog Logs pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Logging category lists everything the directory holds, and best logging tools ranks them.
Datadog Logs runs on cloud (aws, azure, google cloud, oracle cloud). Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Datadog Logs alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Datadog Logs?
- 21 other logging tools are listed in this directory, led by Elastic Stack, New Relic, Coralogix, Grafana Loki. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Datadog Logs?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: New Relic, Coralogix, Grafana Loki, Cronitor, Traceloop.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Datadog Logs?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Datadog Logs's $0.1/per GB ingested per month: Grafana Loki at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Datadog Logs?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Datadog Logs?
- Datadog Logs is most often brought in for centralised log aggregation and analysis, multi-source log correlation with metrics and traces, root cause analysis and troubleshooting, security monitoring and threat detection. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Datadog Logs?
- Filebeat, Fluentd, ELK Stack, Fluent Bit are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Datadog Logs alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Logging, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Datadog Logs against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Datadog Logs covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every logging tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Logging category, 21 tools beside Datadog Logs. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.