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Best Sawmill Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    ELK Stack Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.5
    Sawmill vs ELK Stack
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Logging Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo9.2
    Sawmill vs Google Cloud Logging
  3. 3
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging Free plan apiLinuxWebWin $0.05/mo9.2
    Sawmill vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
  4. 4
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free8.9
    Sawmill vs Sumo Logic
  5. 5
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.7
    Sawmill vs Elastic Observability
  6. 6
    SolarWinds Loggly Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin 8.7
    Sawmill vs SolarWinds Loggly
  7. 7
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.6
    Sawmill vs VictoriaLogs
  8. 8
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo8.4
    Sawmill vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  9. 9
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo8.4
    Sawmill vs groundcover
  10. 10
    XPLG Free plan self-hosted $83/mo8.4
    Sawmill vs XPLG
  11. 11
    Logflare Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.4
    Sawmill vs Logflare
  12. 12
    SparkLogs Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $100/mo8.2
    Sawmill vs SparkLogs
  13. 13
    syslog-ng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.2
    Sawmill vs syslog-ng
  14. 14
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo8.0
    Sawmill vs NXLog
  15. 15
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo8.0
    Sawmill vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  16. 16
    Logmanager Free plan Web $0.12/mo7.9
    Sawmill vs Logmanager
  17. 17
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free7.9
    Sawmill vs OpenObserve
  18. 18
    Kiwi Syslog Server Free plan self-hosted $999/mo7.8
    Sawmill vs Kiwi Syslog Server
  19. 19
    Logit.io Log Management Free trial Web $25/mo7.8
    Sawmill vs Logit.io Log Management
  20. 20
    TigerOps Free plan apiWeb Free7.8
    Sawmill vs TigerOps

Sawmill alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ELK Stack9.5Free plan—API, 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
4Sumo Logic8.9Free planFreeWeb
5Elastic Observability8.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6SolarWinds Loggly8.7Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7VictoriaLogs8.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Amazon CloudWatch Logs8.4Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
9groundcover8.4Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
10XPLG8.4Free plan$83/moself-hosted
11Logflare8.4Free plan$10/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12SparkLogs8.2No$100/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13syslog-ng8.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14NXLog8.0Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
15Grafana Cloud Application Observability8.0Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
16Logmanager7.9Free plan$0.12/moWeb
17OpenObserve7.9Free planFreeWeb
18Kiwi Syslog Server7.8Free plan$999/moself-hosted
19Logit.io Log Management7.8No$25/moWeb
20TigerOps7.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
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Questions about Sawmill alternatives

What is the best alternative to Sawmill?

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, Sumo Logic and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Sawmill?

ELK Stack is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 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.