[ejain]

What are some alternatives to Loggly? I really like being able to aggregate my logs with minimal setup (and cost). I'm logging with Logback (Java), and there is a convenient extension that forwards log statements to Loggly.

[troydavis]

We just finished writing a syslog4j-derived Logback appender with support for UDP, TCP with TLS encryption, and cleartext TCP:

Background and setup: http://help.papertrailapp.com/kb/configuration/java-logback-...

GitHub repo: https://github.com/papertrail/logback-syslog4j

Papertrail also works with the standard Logback SyslogAppender.

[ejain]

Does the syslog appender handle large, multi-line log messages (i.e. messages containing stack traces)?

I recall having some trouble with that when using syslog with Loggly, before switching over to the json appender.

[gk1]

Have a look at Scalyr: https://www.scalyr.com

The setup is straightforward [0], and you'll find that the plans are very competitive.

[0] https://www.scalyr.com/help/install-agent

(Full disclosure: I work with them.)

[tkfx]

Hi ejain, check out this post by Takipi, the 7 log management tools you need to know: http://www.takipiblog.com/the-7-log-management-tools-you-nee...

[renaud34]

There are definitely some like Logentries or Sumologic. But the best I have seen so far is logmatic.io - to be honest I am working for them :). Our objective is to get one tool for all by allying the power of search with true business intelligence. Here is a video of our product as it was 6 months ago: http://bit.ly/logsjava. We are still in private beta and our prices are similar to Loggly and we already have tens of customers.