Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Graylog
Graylog clearly comes out ahead of Papertrail on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Papertrail's paid plans start at $5/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Graylog, Inc. | SolarWinds |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec | Development |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | graylog | papertrail |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Correlation | ||
| 1 Week Archive | ||
| Archiving | ||
| 1 Week Search | ||
| Basic Dashboards | ||
| 1 Year Archive | ||
| Centralized Log Management | ||
| 50 Mb/Month | ||
| Detection Rules | ||
| Encrypted Logging | ||
| Everything In Graylog Enterprise | ||
| Realtime Search | ||
| Everything In Graylog Open | ||
| Rest Api | ||
| Illuminate Content Hub | ||
| Search Alerts | ||
| Investigation Dashboards | ||
| Unlimited Systems | ||
| Log Ingestion (Syslog, Gelf, Beats) | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Reporting | ||
| Search And Filter | ||
| Security Event Correlation | ||
| Security Investigations | ||
| Streams And Pipelines | ||
| Threat Detection |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Graylog comes out ahead overall, though Papertrail can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Graylog and Papertrail offer a free tier.
Graylog scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Graylog is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
