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syslog-ng
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Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| syslog-ng Open Source Edition | GPL/LGPL source · self-hosted · community support | Free |
| syslog-ng Premium Edition trial | 30-day trial · encrypted logstore · enrichment · zero-message-loss transfer · Hadoop/Elasticsearch destinations | Free |
| Syslog-ng Basic | Per user, one time · Capterra-listed entry plan | $2,800, paid once |
| syslog-ng Store Box | Licensing based on Log Source Hosts and hardware configuration · no license limits on amount or rate of data processed or stored | On request |
| syslog-ng Premium Edition | Contact sales or partners · commercial support · Windows and multi-platform binaries · enterprise features | On request |
| syslog-ng Premium Edition Marketplace | Contact me · Microsoft Marketplace listing | On request |
As syslog-ng.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from syslog-ng's own pages
- Analytics integrations
- Native or documented outputs include Elasticsearch, HDFS, Hadoop, Graphite, Redis, Riemann, Google BigQuery, Google Pub/Sub, S3, Slack and Splunk HEC. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Centralized logging
- The Open Source Edition is documented as a flexible, scalable centralized logging system with parsing, filtering, rewriting, correlation and enrichment. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Company incorporation
- The UK One Identity legal entity was incorporated in 2016, according to Companies House. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the maker as One Identity LLC, a private company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, with 501–1,000 employees. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists One Identity as a privately held software-development company headquartered at 4 Polaris Way, Aliso Viejo, California, with 501–1,000 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Commercial documentation describes logstore and reliable transfer features as helping with SOX, HIPAA and PCI-DSS collection requirements. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance reporting
- Store Box provides access-controlled log search and custom reports that can help demonstrate compliance with PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOX, and HIPAA. · syslog-ng.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Database integrations
- Documented database destinations include MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQLite. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- A separate developer guide covers plugin modules, source drivers, parsers, filters, template functions, Python destinations and Java destinations. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation center contains searchable administration and developer guides, contribution instructions, mailing-list support and GitHub issue tracking. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Encrypted storage
- Premium Edition logstore files are encrypted, compressed, indexed and timestamped, with timestamping authorities supported. · syslog-ng.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · syslog-ng.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Aliso Viejo, California, United States · syslog-ng.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Installation
- OSE can be installed from Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora and Arch packages, official repositories, Docker images or source compilation. · syslog-ng.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product pages list destinations and integrations including Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB, SQL databases, Redis, Splunk, and SIEM tools. · syslog-ng.com, 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The public project combines LGPL and GPL licensing: core reusable code is generally LGPL 2.1-or-later while many modules are GPLv2-or-later. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: GUI and observability
- PeerSpot reviewers request a graphical interface, stronger observability and improved filtering or integration breadth, and some say it is not a full SIEM. · peerspot.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: learning curve
- Capterra reviewers say the configuration syntax takes time to learn, and one reviewer saw little extra functionality over basic operating-system syslog. · capterra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Log transformation
- Premium Edition supports filtering, parsing, rewriting, classification, and real-time pattern correlation to reduce and normalize log data. · syslog-ng.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- Store Box can store up to 10 terabytes of uncompressed data on its largest appliance, according to the product page. · syslog-ng.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Notable news: headquarters
- ITPro reported on 26 June 2026 that One Identity planned independence from Quest and intended to designate its Cork, Ireland office as global headquarters. · itpro.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Open source edition
- Open Source Edition can collect, parse, classify, rewrite, and correlate logs, then store or route them to log analysis tools. · syslog-ng.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Ownership history
- The project README says Balabit, its original commercial sponsor, was acquired by One Identity in 2018, which offers Premium Edition. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Parsing
- Built-in parsers include CSV, database and key-value parsers, with macros and rewrite capabilities for normalizing messages in flight. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
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