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Scalyr vs Splunk: What are the differences?

Scalyr: Cloud-based log aggregation, server monitoring, and real-time analysis tool. Scalyr is log search and management so fast you actually use it. Custom dashboards, graphs, alerts and log parsers allow you to monitor what's important to you. We're proud to serve customers like Business Insider, Opendoor, and Grab; Splunk: Search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data. Splunk Inc. provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Customers use Splunk to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data.

Scalyr and Splunk belong to "Log Management" category of the tech stack.

According to the StackShare community, Splunk has a broader approval, being mentioned in 31 company stacks & 29 developers stacks; compared to Scalyr, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of Scalyr
Pros of Splunk
  • 7
    Speed of queries
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    Blazing fast logs search
  • 1
    Simple usage
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    Ability to style search results into reports
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    Alert system based on custom query results
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    API for searching logs, running reports
  • 2
    Query engine supports joining, aggregation, stats, etc
  • 1
    Query any log as key-value pairs
  • 1
    Splunk language supports string, date manip, math, etc
  • 1
    Granular scheduling and time window support
  • 1
    Custom log parsing as well as automatic parsing
  • 1
    Dashboarding on any log contents
  • 1
    Rich GUI for searching live logs

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Cons of Scalyr
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    • 1
      Splunk query language rich so lots to learn

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    What is Scalyr?

    Scalyr is log search and management so fast you actually use it. Custom dashboards, graphs, alerts and log parsers allow you to monitor what's important to you. We're proud to serve customers like Business Insider, Opendoor, and Grab.

    What is Splunk?

    It provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Customers use it to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data.

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