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Fluentd vs Telegraf: catalog facts
Fluentd	Telegraf
Free Free and open source; commercial support is sold separately by other companies.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Self-hosted	Linux, Windows, macOS, Command line
More than 500 plugins for inputs and outputs Decouples log sources from storage backends	Provides many input and output plugins Connects data sources to monitoring back ends
Aimed at server infrastructure rather than a single desktop Needs configuration and plugins chosen for each setup	Requires a separate destination to store and visualize collected data.
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account 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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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