I don't mind putting in a little elbow grease to get the work done as long as I complete my task. I've had similar suggestions given to me but in the end I opted for a product called DNIF, its relatively new and comes with a full featured community license. As of now its working well for me, so if you like you can check it out for yourself https://dnif.it/. Source: about 3 years ago
You might have to search for a platform that offers both free to use as well as commercial license, they bring the best of both worlds. Being a commercial product they already have most of your log forwarding requirements in place and in the free version it's only a matter of reading the help documents and following the instructions (DIY). Here are some options you could look at- 1) Splunk (Never expires but... Source: about 3 years ago
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