Log Management · head to head
Loggly vs AppDynamics
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AppDynamics
Log Management
Enterprise Application Performance Management
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Loggly the free Lite plan caps ingest at 200 MB per day with 7 day retention; AppDynamics appdynamics.com/pricing returns a 301 redirect to Splunk's observability pricing page; the product is now sold as Splunk AppDynamics
- They diverge on capability: Loggly covers Log aggregation, AppDynamics covers Application performance monitoring.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Loggly and AppDynamics actually diverge.
| Attribute | Loggly | AppDynamics |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2008 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (usage-based), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Api), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Log Management).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Loggly
- Log aggregation
- Real-time search
- Custom dashboards
Only in AppDynamics
- Application performance monitoring
- Distributed tracing
- Real-time analytics
Both cover
- Alert management
- API
- Webhooks
- REST
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Loggly
- Cloud-hosted log aggregation for small and mid-sized engineering teamsnot AppDynamics
- Alerting on log patterns via email, webhook, PagerDuty or Slacknot AppDynamics
- Log analysis alongside SolarWinds infrastructure and application monitoringnot AppDynamics
AppDynamics
- Application performance monitoring for Java, .NET and other enterprise application stacksnot Loggly
- Business transaction tracing across distributed application tiersnot Loggly
- Infrastructure monitoring priced per vCPUnot Loggly
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Loggly
- The free Lite plan caps ingest at 200 MB per day with 7 day retention
- API access and archiving to Amazon S3 start on the Pro plan at $159 per month billed annually
- Federated identity management is an Enterprise feature, starting at $279 per month billed annually
- The Standard plan at $79 per month is limited to 1 GB per day and 3 source groups
- Maximum retention is 90 days and only on Enterprise; Standard is fixed at 15 days
AppDynamics
- appdynamics.com/pricing returns a 301 redirect to Splunk's observability pricing page; the product is now sold as Splunk AppDynamics
- Infrastructure Edition starts at $6 per vCPU per month billed annually, so cost scales with core count rather than host count
- Premium Edition starts at $33 per host per month and Enterprise Edition at $50 per host per month, both billed annually
- The published figures are starting prices only, with volume pricing requiring a sales quote
Pricing, plan by plan
Loggly
Free- FreeFree
- Log aggregation
- Real-time search
- Custom dashboards
AppDynamics
Free- FreeFree
- Application performance monitoring
- Distributed tracing
- Real-time analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Loggly if
- You need log aggregation.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want real-time search.
Choose AppDynamics if
- You need application performance monitoring.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want distributed tracing.
Questions people ask
- Is Loggly or AppDynamics better?
- Neither clearly leads. Loggly starts at Free and AppDynamics at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Loggly or AppDynamics?
- Loggly starts at Free and AppDynamics at Free.
- Does Loggly or AppDynamics run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Api, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Loggly for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Loggly best used for?
- Loggly is most often used for cloud-hosted log aggregation for small and mid-sized engineering teams, alerting on log patterns via email, webhook, pagerduty or slack, log analysis alongside solarwinds infrastructure and application monitoring. Of those, cloud-hosted log aggregation for small and mid-sized engineering teams and alerting on log patterns via email, webhook, pagerduty or slack are not what AppDynamics is typically brought in for.
- What can Loggly do that AppDynamics cannot?
- Loggly covers Log aggregation, Real-time search, Custom dashboards. AppDynamics covers Application performance monitoring, Distributed tracing, Real-time analytics. Both handle Alert management, API, Webhooks, REST.