Company Overview
Loggly was founded in 2009 by Charlie Oppenheimer, Jon Gifford, and Kevin Schmidt, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. It is a leading cloud-based log management platform. In 2018, SolarWinds acquired Loggly, making it an integral part of the SolarWinds cloud product portfolio. Loggly delivers SaaS-based log collection, search, analytics, and alerting solutions, enabling organizations to achieve centralized log management without managing underlying infrastructure.
Related providers: Loggly Log Management Services
Core Products
| Product/Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Loggly Log Management | Cloud-based centralized log collection, indexing, and storage platform |
| Loggly Search | Powerful real-time log search engine supporting Lucene query syntax |
| Loggly Alerts | Real-time alerting rules and notifications based on log conditions |
| Loggly Dynamic Field Explorer | Automatic log field parsing with dynamic filtering and visual exploration |
| Loggly Live Tail | Real-time log stream viewing for troubleshooting and debugging |
| Loggly Integrations | Over 150 third-party integrations (cloud platforms, frameworks, languages) |
| Loggly API | RESTful API for log ingestion, search, and management automation |
Key Features
- Zero Infrastructure: Fully managed SaaS platform, no need to deploy or maintain log servers
- Real-Time Insights: Logs searchable within seconds of submission; Live Tail for streaming
- Intelligent Parsing: Automatic field extraction and tagging without manual parsing rules
- Seamless Integration: Supports major programming languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, and DevOps tools
- SolarWinds Ecosystem: Can be combined with other SolarWinds products for expanded observability
Use Cases
Loggly is ideal for development and IT operations teams that want to quickly establish log management capabilities without infrastructure overhead. It excels in application log centralization, root cause analysis, security auditing, and compliance reporting scenarios.
Key Competitors
| Competitor | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Commercial/Self-Hosted | Industry benchmark for log analysis, comprehensive but high cost |
| Datadog Logs | SaaS | Deep integration with Datadog monitoring, full-stack observability |
| Elastic (ELK Stack) | Open Source/Commercial | Elastic stack, more flexible self-hosted option |
| Sumo Logic | SaaS | Cloud-native log analytics with machine-learning-driven insights |
| Graylog | Open Source | Open-source log management solution for self-managed teams |
| Papertrail (SolarWinds) | SaaS | Lightweight log management product also under SolarWinds |
