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Elastic Stack vs Grafana Loki: catalog facts
Elastic Stack	Grafana Loki
Freemium Components can be downloaded for free; hosted service and advanced features are paid.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Long-established standard for central log analytics Ingests data from many sources and formats	Integrates with Grafana log exploration Supports centralized log storage
Several separate services to deploy and maintain Some features are only available from Elastic's paid offerings	Requires log collectors and storage sized for retention needs.
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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