Log pipeline

syslog-ng

One Identity

A syslog collector with cleaner config and built-in structured parsing (JSON/CSV/key-value) than rsyslog; an OSE edition plus a paid Premium.

Category
Log pipeline
License
Open core
Deployment
Self-hosted
Cost
Free
Free tier
Yes
Self-host effort
Moderate
Maturity
Established
Popularity
Long-standing syslog alternative to rsyslog

The catch

The OSS edition lags the paid Premium Edition on some connectors, and the ecosystem recently split into syslog-ng vs the AxoSyslog fork.

Monitors

Logs

Protocols

Syslog

Built for

SRE / DevOpsEnterprise