Alternatives to Fluentd
An open-source data collector that gathers logs from many sources and routes them to storage backends. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Fluentd
An open-source data collector that gathers logs from many sources and routes them to storage backends.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Fluentd.
Fluent Bit
Lightweight agent that collects, processes and forwards logs, metrics and traces.
Fluent Bit is a lighter agent with a smaller footprint that handles logs, metrics and traces in one pipeline with native OpenTelemetry support.
Grafana Alloy
An open-source telemetry collector from Grafana Labs that gathers and forwards logs, metrics and traces.
Grafana Alloy collects and forwards logs and other telemetry, fitting directly into a Loki and Grafana stack instead of routing to many backends.
OpenTelemetry Collector
Receive, process and export telemetry through a vendor-neutral collector.
OpenTelemetry Collector is a vendor-neutral collector that processes traces, metrics and logs, and runs on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Telegraf
Collect and forward metrics using a configurable server agent.
Telegraf is a plugin-based agent that concentrates on metrics collection and forwarding rather than routing logs to storage backends.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Grafana Loki
Collect and query application logs using label-based indexing.
Elastic Stack
Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats and Kibana combined for collecting, searching and visualizing logs and other data.
Graylog
Self-hosted enterprise log management platform with stream processing and alerts.
VictoriaLogs
Store and search logs with a dedicated log-management server.
Parseable
Rust-based self-hosted logging server with columnar storage and a built-in UI.
