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Grafana Loki vs Logflare
Both stand on log management software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2
Loki offers several ingestion and installation paths, plus querying and alerting for aggregated logs. Plan for an authenticating reverse proxy and take care with label cardinality.
Visit Grafana Loki Free plan Open source AndroidAPIExtension+3
Logflare covers event collection, SQL querying, dashboards, alerting, and live log viewing. Review its free ingestion limit, plan retention, and self-hosted team-feature limitation against your needs.
Visit LogflareThe facts
| Grafana Loki | Logflare | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Android, API, Extension, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Grafana Cloud Logs Pro: $19 a month | See the plans |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | grafana.com | logflare.app |
| On log management software | #1 of 111 | #4 of 111 |
Grafana Loki: what it does well
- Horizontally scalable and highly available
- LogQL queries work in Grafana or LogCLI
- Supports alerting rules on incoming logs
- Integrates natively with Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes
What to know first
- Does not include an authentication layer
- High-cardinality labels can reduce performance and cost-effectiveness
- Self-hosted Loki requires a reverse proxy for authentication
Logflare: what it does well
- Queries structured event data with standard SQL in BigQuery.
- Supports live log tailing, archive export, and log pipelines.
- Email, webhook, Slack, and Discord alerts are available to all users.
- Self-hosting is available on a single machine.
What to know first
- Free ingestion stops at its stated average event limit.
- SMS alerts are limited to paid subscribers.
- Self-hosted mode does not support team features.
- Project retention is limited to three days.
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