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Graylog vs Grafana Loki / ELK

Graylog

graylog.org

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy Graylog if you're a lean security or ops team that wants SIEM-grade log management well below legacy SIEM prices.

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Grafana Loki / ELK

logz.io

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Pick Graylog when

  • Lean security teams wanting affordable SIEM
  • Mid-size IT ops centralizing logs
  • Compliance-driven orgs (e.g. healthcare)
  • Self-hosters comfortable running open source

When Graylog is not a fit

  • Small teams needing only a simple log viewer . overkill
  • Teams with nobody to administer the self-hosted stack
  • Buyers demanding transparent published pricing upfront
  • Orgs unwilling to patch quickly given 2026 CVE flow

Sources

  1. Graylog Pricing Plans & Features Comparisongraylog.org
    official
  2. Graylog Security product pagegraylog.org
    official
  3. Graylog Enterprise Datasheetgraylog.org
    official
  4. Graylog reviews . RFP.wiki (G2 data)rfp.wiki
    review
  5. Graylog Pricing 2026: Open, Enterprise ($15K) and Securitysiemcostcalculator.com
    news
  6. Free Log Management Costs More Than You Thinkmedium.com
    news
  7. Reddit: Opened graylog after a few months, suddenly it's not...reddit.com
    review
  8. Reddit: Question regarding Enterprise pricingreddit.com
    review
  9. CVE-2026-1441 Detail . NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  10. CVE-2026-69190 . Graylog privilege escalationsecalerts.co
    security
  11. GHSA-j769-9gv9-65gr . token revocation endpointgithub.com
    security
  12. Graylog Secures $39 Million Investmentgraylog.org
    news