Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Apache Log4j

The top open-source alternatives to Apache Log4j are Datadog, Fluentd, and Graylog. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Datadog Landing Page
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Datadog

See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $15.0 / Monthly (per host)
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 5 social mentions
Fluentd Landing Page
2

Fluentd

Fluentd is a cross platform open source data collection solution originally developed at Treasure Data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Security & Privacy #Log Management
Graylog Landing Page
3

Graylog

Graylog is an open source log management platform for collecting, indexing, and analyzing both structured and unstructured data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 2 social mentions
logit.io Landing Page
4

logit.io

Logit.io provides complete observability of logs, metrics and traces. The platform also offers alerting & monitoring, as well as Prometheus, OpenSearch & Grafana. Ingest any type of data to see real-time insights about your applications and services
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $0.74 (per GB per day)
#Log Management #Monitoring Tools #Machine Data Analytics
Zabbix Landing Page
5

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
SwiftyBeaver Landing Page
6

SwiftyBeaver

SwiftyBeaver is a logging platform for Swift with end-to-end encryption.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Log Management #Monitoring Tools #Logging
Logflare Landing Page
7

Logflare

Easily access your Cloudflare, Vercel & Elixir logs in a centralized web-based log management solution.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Log Management #Application Performance Monitoring #Monitoring Tools 2 social mentions
AirBrake Landing Page
8

AirBrake

Airbrake is the leading exception reporting service, currently providing error tracking.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $19.0 / Monthly (25K errors per month)
#Error Tracking #Exception Monitoring #Crash Reporting 1 social mentions
Grafana Landing Page
9

Grafana

Data visualization & Monitoring with support for Graphite, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Elasticsearch and many more databases
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Dashboard #Data Visualization #Data Analytics 197 social mentions
Sematext Landing Page
10

Sematext

Troubleshooting just got easier.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Infrastructure Monitoring #Server Monitoring #Log Management 6 social mentions
Octopussy.pm Landing Page
11

Octopussy.pm

Octopussy, Log Management Solution
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Event And Log Data Analysis
Instana Landing Page
12

Instana

Instana is Dynamic APM for Microservice Management.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 1 social mentions