Liven up your logging with Graylog!
Rating: 9 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Graylog to collect messages from a variety of different systems like network switch and routers to wifi controllers. We use Graylog to group and create graphs to show specific information. We also use Graylog to send messages to us to alert of certain activities. Graylog is widely used in our office because it is cost-effective and the ability to be tweak for each team.
Pros
- The ability to add and remove information to the messages. This makes it so you can customize each message and get the information you really want.
- Being able to search for different criteria allows finding the exact data you want without having to manually filter the data.
- Searching tends to be quick and is able to process large amounts of data quickly so you don't have to wait forever for your data.
Cons
- The graphs and visualizations are limited on the dashboard if there were more options it would be better for different kinds of data.
Likelihood to Recommend
Graylog can collect messages and group them, so if you want to get alerted when there is an abnormal amount of particular messages, Graylog can do that. Graylog can be used to analyze traffic, and if traffic over a certain level and is sustained for an amount of time, it can send the information of which mac addresses are causing the traffic influx.
Alternatives
Splunk Enterprise
Graylog does what other similar products that cost more do, but the more expansive one typically has more features or are multiple products wrapped in one. We went with Graylog because it does everything we need it too, and the price was less than other and fit into our budget. If cost were not an issue, I would probably go with a product that had more features and could do more just in case we might use them in the future.
Vetted Review
2 years of experience