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Best Octopussy Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from log management software ranked against Octopussy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.5
    Octopussy vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo9.2
    Octopussy vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo9.2
    Octopussy vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  4. 4
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free9.1
    Octopussy vs Oracle Log Analytics
  5. 5
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.9
    Octopussy vs Sumo Logic
  6. 6
    Logstash Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free8.8
    Octopussy vs Logstash
  7. 7
    Kiwi Syslog Server Free plan self-hostedWebWin $999/mo8.8
    Octopussy vs Kiwi Syslog Server
  8. 8
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    Octopussy vs Elastic Observability
  9. 9
    ClickStack Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free8.7
    Octopussy vs ClickStack
  10. 10
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.7
    Octopussy vs SolarWinds Loggly
  11. 11
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.6
    Octopussy vs VictoriaLogs
  12. 12
    HyperDX Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $20/mo8.6
    Octopussy vs HyperDX
  13. 13
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.4
    Octopussy vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  14. 14
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.4
    Octopussy vs groundcover
  15. 15
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo8.4
    Octopussy vs XPLG
  16. 16
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.4
    Octopussy vs Logflare
  17. 17
    logrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free8.4
    Octopussy vs logrok
  18. 18
    Grafana Loki Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted $19/mo8.3
    Octopussy vs Grafana Loki
  19. 19
    Fluentd Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.3
    Octopussy vs Fluentd
  20. 20
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.2
    Octopussy vs SparkLogs

Octopussy alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.5Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Google Cloud Logging9.2Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging9.2Free plan$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
4Oracle Log Analytics9.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
5Sumo Logic8.9Free planFreeWeb
6Logstash8.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
7Kiwi Syslog Server8.8Free plan$999/moself-hosted, Web, Windows
8Elastic Observability8.7API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9ClickStack8.7Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
10SolarWinds Loggly8.7Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11VictoriaLogs8.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12HyperDX8.6Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.4Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
14groundcover8.4Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
15XPLG8.4Free plan$83/moself-hosted
16Logflare8.4Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
17logrok8.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Grafana Loki8.3Free plan$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
19Fluentd8.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
20SparkLogs8.2$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about Octopussy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack, number 1 in log management software with a score of 9.5 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Logging, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging, Oracle Log Analytics and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Octopussy?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 18 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.