Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Quickwit
Quickwit clearly comes out ahead of SolarWinds Papertrail on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. SolarWinds Papertrail's paid plans start at $5/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | SolarWinds | Quickwit, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Development | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Quickwit
freemium
usage based
open source
| Feature | solarwinds-papertrail | quickwit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Gb/Month | ||
| Apache License 2.0 | ||
| 1 Week Search | ||
| Deploy On Own Infrastructure | ||
| 1 Year Archive | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Automated Export For Reporting | ||
| Encrypted Logging | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Intuitive Web-Based Log Viewer | ||
| Long-Term Archive (S3) | ||
| Multi-Source Log Management | ||
| Powerful Command-Line Tools | ||
| Rest Api | ||
| Scalable Log Management | ||
| Search Alerts | ||
| Team-Wide Groups & Searches | ||
| Unlimited Systems | ||
| Unlimited Users |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Quickwit comes out ahead overall, though SolarWinds Papertrail can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both SolarWinds Papertrail and Quickwit offer a free tier.
Quickwit scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Quickwit is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
