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IBM Cloud Logs
What IBM Cloud Logs is
IBM Cloud Logs is a cloud service for processing, storing, and querying logs to help identify issues and improve infrastructure and application performance. It provides log pipelines, structured parsing, live log tailing, and archive export. Logs can be stored and searched in IBM Cloud Object Storage buckets for longer retention. The TCO Optimizer uses policies to route log and event data through different consumption tiers. Alert suppression rules can dismiss similar alerts after one is dismissed. An Incidents screen helps DevOps and SRE users inspect triggered alerts and related logs, while Flow Alerts combine logs, metrics, traces, and security data. Extensions add predefined alerts, parsing rules, dashboards, and other resources through the UI or API. Integrations include Activity Tracker Event Routing, Cloud Logs Routing, Object Storage, Event Streams, Event Notifications, and IAM. IBM states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest with IBM-managed keys and that IAM policies apply to operations. Service data is processed and stored by region. Standard pricing is metered per gigabyte ingested: $0.48 per GB for Store and search, $0.75 per GB for Analyze and alert, and Priority insights at $1.20-$3.25 per GB for 7- to 90-day retention. There is no free plan.
Who it suits
It suits DevOps and SRE teams that need cloud log collection, searching, alerting, incident investigation, and related telemetry analysis. Its metered tiers support separate storage, analysis, and retention needs.
What it does well
- Live log tailing and archive export
- Structured log parsing
- Flow Alerts combine multiple data types
- Regional data processing and storage
- 24 × 7 global support
What to know first
- No free plan
- 32 K ingestion log-size limit
- 8-day query time range limit
- 500-alert per-instance limit
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard - Store and search | Archive-oriented storage and search pipeline | On request |
| Standard - Store and search | Archive-oriented storage and search pipeline | On request |
| Standard - Analyze and alert | Processing, monitoring and alerting pipeline | On request |
| Standard - Analyze and alert | Processing, monitoring and alerting pipeline | On request |
| Standard - Priority insights (7 days) | 7 days retention | On request |
| Standard - Priority insights (7 days) | 7 days retention | On request |
| Standard - Priority insights (14 days) | 14 days retention | On request |
| Standard - Priority insights (14 days) | 14 days retention | On request |
The first 8 of 15 plans, as ibm.com lists them, read 24 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
IBM Cloud Logs covers log ingestion, search, retention, alerting, and incident workflows with API and service integrations. Review the per-gigabyte tier prices and documented instance limits against your logging volume and query needs.
Facts from IBM Cloud Logs's own pages
- Alerting
- Alert suppression rules can automatically dismiss similar alerts after a user dismisses an alert. · ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Archive export
- Yes · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Data residency
- Logs, configuration, and service data are processed and stored per region and are not visible in other regions. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- cloud · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Extensions
- Extensions provide predefined alerts, parsing rules, dashboards, and other resources, and can be managed through the UI or API. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Flow alerts
- Flow Alerts combine logs, metrics, traces, and security data for monitoring and analysis. · ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Incidents
- The Incidents screen lets DevOps and SRE users identify triggered alerts and drill down into the related logs. · ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Activity Tracker Event Routing, Cloud Logs Routing, Object Storage, Event Streams, Event Notifications, and IAM. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yes · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yes · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- IBM Cloud Logs processes, stores, and queries logs to help detect issues and improve infrastructure and application performance. · ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Log retention
- 7 · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Security
- IBM states that data in transit and at rest in the control and data planes is encrypted using IBM-managed keys, and that IAM policies are enforced on operations. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Service limits
- Per-instance limits include 500 alerts, 70 parsing rules, a 32 K ingestion log size, and an 8-day query time range. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Storage and search
- IBM Cloud Logs can store and search logs in IBM Cloud Object Storage buckets for long-term retention. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yes · ibm.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Support
- IBM documents 24 × 7 global support with IBM subject matter experts on call to help in a disaster. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
- TCO controls
- The TCO Optimizer lets users set policies to route log and event data through different consumption tiers. · cloud.ibm.com, 11 Oct 2026
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