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Grafana Loki vs Graylog: catalog facts
Grafana LokiGraylog
Free

Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.

Freemium

Open source core is free to self-host, with paid Enterprise and Cloud tiers.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Integrates with Grafana log exploration
  • Supports centralized log storage
  • Stream processing lets teams route and act on specific log patterns as they arrive
  • Content packs speed up onboarding for common log sources
  • Requires log collectors and storage sized for retention needs.
  • Enterprise features and support require a paid tier
  • Self-hosting a log platform at scale needs meaningful server resources
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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