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Humio
Real-Time Log Analytics and Search
As of 30 August 2026, Humio is free to use. Humio is a streaming log analytics platform enabling real-time investigations. Softwr lists it under Logging. Humio is made by Humio (CrowdStrike), launched in 2015, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Humio does
Humio is a streaming log analytics platform enabling real-time investigations.
What people use it for
- Log aggregation and analysis for IT operations
- Security monitoring and threat detection
- Real-time data search and investigation
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Humio.
- Humio redirects to CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale product page, indicating product acquisition and rebranding without standalone pricing
- No specific pricing amounts disclosed on CrowdStrike LogScale page; only billing model options mentioned without dollar figures
- Flexible retention policies from 30 to 365+ days are available, requiring contact with sales for actual costs tied to retention selections
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Humio
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Coralogix: Continuous Log Insights and Visibility
Pricing
What Humio costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Real-time log streaming
- Full-text search
- Behavioral analytics
Capabilities
Features
Real-time log streaming
Full-text search
Behavioral analytics
Threat detection
API
Integration with API
Webhooks
Integration with Webhooks
REST
Integration with REST
Web support
Available on web
Api support
Available on api
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
What is Humio's pricing model?
Humio is now CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale with per endpoint per month or per endpoint per year billing options available, but specific pricing amounts are not published and require contact with sales.
SourceDoes CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale (formerly Humio) offer a free trial?
A 15-day free trial is offered for CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale at https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/products/trials/try-falcon-next-gen-siem/, but specific trial terms require review.
SourceWhat data retention license options are available for CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale?
Flexible retention policies include licenses for 30, 60, 90, 180, and 365 days of retention, with additional retention options available upon request.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Humio
- Company
- Humio (CrowdStrike)
- Based in
- United States
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Where to go from Humio
- Humio alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
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Best Logging software for
Compare Humio with
- Elastic Stack
- Datadog Logs
- New Relic
- Coralogix
- Axiom
- Logz.io
- Papertrail
- AppDynamics
- Rollbar
- Splunk Enterprise
- InfluxDB
- Raygun
- Retrace
- Sematext
- ELK Stack
- Papertrail
- Rollbar
- Splunk Cloud
Other Logging software
Continuous Log Insights and Visibility
Free, then $0.42/GB (logs ingestion)10 researched notesPurpose-built time series database for metrics and events
Free, then $0.0025/MB ingested12 researched notes
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