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Graylog vs Grafana Loki: catalog facts
Graylog	Grafana Loki
Freemium Open source core is free to self-host, with paid Enterprise and Cloud tiers.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Stream processing lets teams route and act on specific log patterns as they arrive Content packs speed up onboarding for common log sources	Integrates with Grafana log exploration Supports centralized log storage
Enterprise features and support require a paid tier Self-hosting a log platform at scale needs meaningful server resources	Requires log collectors and storage sized for retention needs.
Self-hosted, Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open 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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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