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VictoriaLogs vs Grafana Loki: catalog facts
VictoriaLogs	Grafana Loki
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Provides log ingestion and querying Supports deployment on your own infrastructure	Integrates with Grafana log exploration Supports centralized log storage
Requires configuring log shippers and retention storage.	Requires log collectors and storage sized for retention needs.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	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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