Datadog Logs vs SolarWinds Loggly

Datadog Logs8.1Visit SLSolarWinds Loggly7.0Visit

Higher score Datadog Logs #2 in Log Analysis Software 8.1/10 From $0.10/mo · 14-day trial ✓ 0 of 1 features Visit Datadog

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SL SolarWinds Loggly #6 in Log Analysis Software 7.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Visit SolarWinds

• Datadog Logs fits best

  Teams correlating logs with application telemetry

• SolarWinds Loggly fits best

  Teams wanting straightforward hosted log search

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Side by side

Feature	Datadog Logs 8.1/10 Visit ↗	SLSolarWinds Loggly 7.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.1	7.0
Ranking	#2 in Log Analysis Software	#6 in Log Analysis Software
Best for	Teams correlating logs with application telemetry	Teams wanting straightforward hosted log search
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$0.1/mo	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Free trial length	14 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Datadog Logs 0/1 · SolarWinds Loggly 1/1
Log alerts	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Log retention	Not published	Lite and Standard: 7 days; Enterprise and Pro: longer periods, not specified on this page
Query language	Not published	Proprietary
Free ingestion limit	Not published	0.2 GB/day
Log source integrations	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Correlates logs with metrics, traces, and security signals. Pipelines support parsing, enrichment, routing, and log-derived metrics. Offers Live Tail, external archiving, and rehydration.	Ingests logs through syslog and HTTP/S Lucene queries support Boolean operators, ranges, and regular expressions Saved-search alerts, dashboards, and automatic parsing support investigation
Cons	Ingestion, indexing, and storage can each add separate usage charges. Standard Indexing includes 15-day retention at the listed tier. Cloud deployment only; there is no free plan.	Lite is limited to basic, lower-volume, non-critical logging Lite and Standard retain logs for 7 days Enterprise and Pro retention periods are not specified
Our verdict	Datadog Logs is a cloud log-management service for development, operations, security, and infrastructure teams that need to collect and work with logs alongside application telemetry. It accepts logs from hosts, containers, cloud… Read the review →	SolarWinds Loggly is a cloud-hosted service for collecting and analyzing logs from applications, systems, and other sources. It suits teams that want centralized access for troubleshooting and monitoring, from smaller organizations to… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Datadog Logs — where it wins

  • Correlates logs with metrics, traces, and security signals.
  • Pipelines support parsing, enrichment, routing, and log-derived metrics.
  • Offers Live Tail, external archiving, and rehydration.

  Where it doesn't

  • Ingestion, indexing, and storage can each add separate usage charges.
  • Standard Indexing includes 15-day retention at the listed tier.
  • Cloud deployment only; there is no free plan.

• SolarWinds Loggly — where it wins

  • Ingests logs through syslog and HTTP/S
  • Lucene queries support Boolean operators, ranges, and regular expressions
  • Saved-search alerts, dashboards, and automatic parsing support investigation

  Where it doesn't

  • Lite is limited to basic, lower-volume, non-critical logging
  • Lite and Standard retain logs for 7 days
  • Enterprise and Pro retention periods are not specified

• Datadog Logs8.1/10 · From $0.10/mo · 14-day trial

  A flexible log pipeline with telemetry correlation, priced across ingestion, indexing, and storage.

  Visit DatadogFull verdict →
• SLSolarWinds Loggly7.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A hosted log service with flexible search, field exploration, dashboards, and query-based alerts.

  Visit SolarWindsFull verdict →