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Tailcove
What Tailcove is
Tailcove is a web service for ingesting, searching, live-tailing, and alerting on application logs. Logs can arrive through a Laravel package or plain HTTP endpoint; Tailcove says the endpoint accepts them in under 10ms and makes them queryable in seconds. A real-time dashboard displays log volume by level, seven-day error rate, and sources. Its query language supports filters such as level:error and status>=500. Live tail streams new lines without refreshing. Repeated instances of the same error are grouped into one issue with occurrence counts and first- and last-seen details. Threshold alerts run on saved queries and can notify by email, Slack, Discord, or signed webhook, with cooldowns. Tailcove is in early access. The free plan costs nothing with 1 GB monthly, three-day retention, and one source, without a card. Pro is $29 a month; Business is $99 a month.
Who it suits
It suits developers and teams monitoring application logs through a browser. The free tier can fit small logging needs, while higher plans add retention, volume, and sources.
What it does well
- Live log tailing without refresh
- Search filters and saved queries
- Grouped repeated exceptions
- Alerts through email, Slack, and Discord
- Free tier requires no card
What to know first
- Early-access service
- Free tier has three-day retention
- Free tier includes one source
- Paid plans limit retention by tier
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | 30 GB included/mo · 14-day retention · 10 sources | $29 a month |
| Business | 100 GB included/mo · 30-day retention · Unlimited sources | $99 a month |
| Free | 1 GB included/mo · 3-day retention · 1 source | On request |
As tailcove.dev lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Tailcove combines fast ingestion, queryable logs, live tailing, grouped errors, and multi-channel alerts. Its free plan is limited, while Pro and Business increase monthly volume, retention, and source capacity.
Facts from Tailcove's own pages
- Alerts
- Threshold alerts can be set on saved queries and delivered by email, Slack, Discord, or signed webhook, with cooldowns. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Dashboard
- The dashboard shows log volume by level, error rate over the last 7 days, and sources in real time. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Early access
- Tailcove says it is now in early access. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Exception grouping
- Tailcove groups repeated instances of the same error into one issue and shows occurrence counts and first and last seen. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · tailcove.dev, 22 Sept 2026
- Free tier terms
- The free plan includes 1 GB per month, 3-day retention, and 1 source, with no card required. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Ingestion
- Logs can be sent through a drop-in Laravel package or a plain HTTP endpoint. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Ingestion speed
- Tailcove says its endpoint accepts logs in under 10ms and makes them queryable in seconds. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Live tail
- The live tail streams new log lines as they arrive without a page refresh. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Tailcove provides log ingestion, search, live-tail, and alerting for application logs. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
- Log retention
- 14 · tailcove.dev, 22 Sept 2026
- Search
- Tailcove offers a log query language with filters such as level:error and status>=500. · tailcove.dev, 12 Oct 2026
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