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Sumo Logic vs Airbrake
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Sumo Logic neither the Essentials nor the Enterprise Suite package lists a price on the pricing page; both link to Contact Sales; Airbrake data retention is 30 days on every plan, including the $799 a month Business tier
- They diverge on capability: Sumo Logic covers Log aggregation, Airbrake covers Error tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Sumo Logic and Airbrake actually diverge.
| Attribute | Sumo Logic | Airbrake |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2008 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (usage-based), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Api), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Sumo Logic
- Log aggregation
- Metrics collection
- Real-time analytics
- Custom dashboards
Only in Airbrake
- Error tracking
- Performance monitoring
- Deploy tracking
- Custom notifications
Both cover
- API
- Webhooks
- REST
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Sumo Logic
- Cloud-native log analytics across applications and infrastructurenot Airbrake
- Running a SIEM with MITRE ATT&CK mapped detections and UEBAnot Airbrake
- Compliance and audit readiness reporting from log datanot Airbrake
Airbrake
- Error and exception monitoring for web applicationsnot Sumo Logic
- Performance monitoring alongside error trackingnot Sumo Logic
- Alerting a team when a deploy introduces a spike in errorsnot Sumo Logic
- Tracking errors across multiple projects in one accountnot Sumo Logic
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Sumo Logic
- Neither the Essentials nor the Enterprise Suite package lists a price on the pricing page; both link to Contact Sales
- Quoted per GB figures assume an annual commitment, an average of 1 GB of log ingest per day and a US deployment region
- Pricing varies by the AWS deployment region chosen, so the same volume costs differently in Dublin, Frankfurt, Sydney or Tokyo
- Flex pricing bills per TB scanned rather than per GB ingested, so query activity drives the bill
- Feature activation is subject to minimum volume, minimum user counts and service requirements confirmed at the time of the transaction
- The API is limited to four calls per section, ten concurrent in-flight requests, and query processing times out after two minutes
- Self-serve credit card purchase is capped at $25,000; larger purchases must go through sales or a reseller
Airbrake
- Data retention is 30 days on every plan, including the $799 a month Business tier
- The entry plan at $19 a month covers 25,000 errors and 7,500 events
- Errors beyond the plan quota are billed on demand
- Audit logs and spike forgiveness require the Pro tier
- The lowest tier is limited to 1 user and 1 team
Pricing, plan by plan
Sumo Logic
Free- FreeFree
- Log aggregation
- Metrics collection
- Real-time analytics
Airbrake
Free- FreeFree
- Error tracking
- Performance monitoring
- Deploy tracking
Which should you pick?
Choose Sumo Logic if
- You need log aggregation.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want metrics collection.
Choose Airbrake if
- You need error tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want performance monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is Sumo Logic or Airbrake better?
- Neither clearly leads. Sumo Logic starts at Free and Airbrake at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Sumo Logic or Airbrake?
- Sumo Logic starts at Free and Airbrake at Free.
- Does Sumo Logic or Airbrake run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Api, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Sumo Logic for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Sumo Logic best used for?
- Sumo Logic is most often used for cloud-native log analytics across applications and infrastructure, running a siem with mitre att&ck mapped detections and ueba, compliance and audit readiness reporting from log data. Of those, cloud-native log analytics across applications and infrastructure and running a siem with mitre att&ck mapped detections and ueba are not what Airbrake is typically brought in for.
- What can Sumo Logic do that Airbrake cannot?
- Sumo Logic covers Log aggregation, Metrics collection, Real-time analytics, Custom dashboards. Airbrake covers Error tracking, Performance monitoring, Deploy tracking, Custom notifications. Both handle API, Webhooks, REST, Web support.
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