No. 65 of 107 ·Log Management Software

Central Logging

Web · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API · paid plans from $187/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.9

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Central Logging is ranked #65 of 107 in log management software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $187/mo.

Central Logging plans and pricing

All plans

Free trial Free 10,000 logs / day · One user, 10 machines · Every feature fully working · Free updates within 1.x centrallogging.com · 2 Oct 2026

Unlimited license $187/mo One-time payment, lifetime use Unlimited logs, users, machines · Lifetime use · Free updates within 1.x · 14-day no-questions refund centrallogging.com · 22 Sept 2026

Unlimited license $187 once One-time payment Unlimited logs, users, machines · Lifetime use · Free updates within 1.x · 14-day no-questions refund centrallogging.com · 2 Oct 2026

Compared on log management software

Free plan: Yes
Log retention: 15 days
Log pipelines: Yes
Archive export: Yes
Live log tailing: Yes
Deployment options: self-hosted
Structured log parsing: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Central Logging is a self-hosted logging, alerting, cron monitoring, and uptime system installed on the customer's server.
Deployment: It runs as a statically linked, self-contained executable with no installer, runtime, or dependencies.
Search: Users can search logs across sources with standard SQL and full-text search, save queries as alert rules, and export results to CSV.
Monitoring: Built-in alerts cover application errors, security events, disk and host health, cron heartbeats, uptime, and latency.
Log inputs: Linux and BSD agents collect systemd, syslog, files, and journald logs, and applications can send logs through the REST API.
Integrations: The site documents log shipping guides for Nginx, Caddy, Docker, Kubernetes, Proxmox, PostgreSQL, rsyslog, systemd, and Python.
Data security: The maker says log data stays on the customer's server, the web UI uses auto-issued TLS, ingest tokens authenticate sources, and the software has no telemetry or call-home.
Storage and retention: Logs are stored in local SQLite databases; retention is configurable per source and defaults to 15 days with older entries cleaned automatically.
Backups: The product supports nightly S3 backups to AWS S3 or an S3-compatible server, retaining those backups for up to 15 days.
Scale limit: Central Logging runs on one node and is designed for teams under roughly 10GB of daily ingest; the maker says it is unsuitable for horizontal scale or terabytes per day.
Platforms: The site lists Linux amd64, Linux arm64, and macOS Apple Silicon downloads, and also describes agents for Linux and BSD.
Support and refund: The maker offers a 14-day no-questions-asked refund and states there are no support contracts.
Intended users: The maker targets small teams without a platform team, including indie SaaS founders, agencies, bootstrapped teams, and homelab users.
Price from: $187/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Log Management Software in 2026#65 of 107

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Sources

centrallogging.com· checked 2 Oct 2026
centrallogging.com/self-hosted-log-management/· checked 2 Oct 2026