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Best Octopussy Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from log management software ranked against Octopussy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 8.2
    Octopussy vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo8.0
    Octopussy vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.0
    Octopussy vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  4. 4
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo8.0
    Octopussy vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  5. 5
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free7.9
    Octopussy vs Oracle Log Analytics
  6. 6
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free7.8
    Octopussy vs Sumo Logic
  7. 7
    Fluentd Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.8
    Octopussy vs Fluentd
  8. 8
    Grafana Loki Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted $19/mo7.7
    Octopussy vs Grafana Loki
  9. 9
    Logstash Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.7
    Octopussy vs Logstash
  10. 10
    Kiwi Syslog Server Free plan self-hostedWebWin $999/mo7.7
    Octopussy vs Kiwi Syslog Server
  11. 11
    ClickStack Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    Octopussy vs ClickStack
  12. 12
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.5
    Octopussy vs VictoriaLogs
  13. 13
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo7.4
    Octopussy vs Logmanager
  14. 14
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free7.4
    Octopussy vs OpenObserve
  15. 15
    HyperDX Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $20/mo7.4
    Octopussy vs HyperDX
  16. 16
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo7.4
    Octopussy vs NXLog
  17. 17
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    Octopussy vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  18. 18
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 7.4
    Octopussy vs SolarWinds Loggly
  19. 19
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.3
    Octopussy vs groundcover
  20. 20
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo7.2
    Octopussy vs XPLG

Octopussy alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack8.2Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging8.0Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.0Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
4Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging8.0Free plan$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
5Oracle Log Analytics7.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
6Sumo Logic7.8Free planFreeWeb
7Fluentd7.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Grafana Loki7.7Free plan$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
9Logstash7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
10Kiwi Syslog Server7.7Free plan$999/moself-hosted, Web, Windows
11ClickStack7.6Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12VictoriaLogs7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Logmanager7.4Free plan$0.12/moWeb
14OpenObserve7.4Free planFreeWeb
15HyperDX7.4Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16NXLog7.4Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
17Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
18SolarWinds Loggly7.4Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19groundcover7.3Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
20XPLG7.2Free plan$83/moself-hosted
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Questions about Octopussy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Logging, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.