Event Log Explorer

Free plan · paid from $209/user

What the maker publishes

Archive export

Yes source

Consolidation and reports

Users can consolidate logs from networked machines, export events to formats including Excel, CSV, and HTML, and generate or schedule reports and exports. source

Database and export utilities

The Enterprise Edition includes an event-log database exporter for SQL Server, while the Enterprise and Forensic editions include an event-log exporter for formats such as Excel, OpenOffice spreadsheets, and PDF. source

Deployment options

self-hosted source

Enterprise collection

The Enterprise Edition includes Elodea Event Collector for collecting events in real time and saving them into a database. source

Filtering

It supports filters at before-load, on-load, and after-load stages, with criteria based on nearly any condition. source

Forensic tools

The Forensic Edition supports damaged log files, disk images, event-log snapshots, and forensic options including deep scans and anomaly checks. source

Founded

2000 source

Free plan

Yes source

Integrations

The feature matrix lists AI integration using large language models to analyze event details and find troubleshooting steps, plus importing computers from Active Directory, XML, or text files. source

Intended users

The maker identifies information-security professionals, digital-forensic investigators, Windows administrators, law enforcement and government, enterprise teams, service providers, and home users as audiences. source

Live log tailing

Yes source

Log pipelines

Yes source

Log sources

It works with local and network live logs and saved EVT or EVTX files, and can read damaged log files directly without the Windows Event Log API. source

Privacy

The website privacy statement says its web server automatically collects visitors' IP addresses and that it does not collect credit-card data. source

Purpose

Event Log Explorer is Windows software for viewing, analyzing, and monitoring Microsoft Windows event logs. source

Structured log parsing

Yes source

Support

The purchase page includes one year of maintenance, described as Support & Updates, free with Standard and Forensic licenses. source

Trial

The download page offers business users a free, fully functional 30-day trial with three editions available. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 8 Oct 2026.