10 companies ranked alongside Sumo Logic on Lister's rankings, compared on what each is best for, its starting price and its Lister Score.
| # | ALTERNATIVE | BEST FOR | SCORE | FROM | RANKED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  DatadogCloud scale monitoring and security | Large enterprises and DevOps teams | 95.0 | $15/host/month | #1 in Top 10 Log ManagementOn 2 of Sumo Logic's rankings |
| 2 |  New RelicAll-in-one observability platform | Software engineers and developers | 92.7 | $49/month | #2 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability PlatformsOn 2 of Sumo Logic's rankings |
| 3 |  DynatraceSoftware intelligence for the enterprise cloud | Large enterprises with complex cloud environments | 90.3 | Custom | #3 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability PlatformsOn 2 of Sumo Logic's rankings |
| 4 |  Splunk | Large enterprises with complex security needs | 92.7 | Custom | #2 in Top 10 Log Management |
| 5 |  Elasticsearch | Self-hosted and custom analytics setups | 90.3 | 95.00 USD per month | #3 in Top 10 Log Management |
| 6 |  Grafana Cloud | Open source metric dashboards | 88.0 | $0 (Free tier available) | #4 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms |
| 7 | Grafana Loki | Teams already using the Grafana ecosystem | 88.0 | 49.00 USD per month | #4 in Top 10 Log Management |
| 8 |  Honeycomb | Debugging complex microservices | 85.7 | $130 per month | #5 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms |
| 9 |  Loggly | Small to medium development teams | 85.7 | 79.00 USD per month | #5 in Top 10 Log Management |
| 10 |  Google Cloud Security OperationsAI-powered SIEM and threat detection for cloud-native and hybrid environments | Organisations invested in Google Cloud Platform seeking native threat detection with enterprise SIEM functionality | 88.0 | Custom | #6 in Best SIEM software |
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Start from what you need it for. Where each fits best, as Lister records it:
Closest to Sumo Logic by the rankings they share: Datadog (2 rankings), New Relic (2 rankings) and Dynatrace (2 rankings).
Free to start, by their stated pricing: Grafana Cloud.
Stated starting prices: Datadog ($15/host/month), New Relic ($49/month), Elasticsearch (95.00 USD per month), Grafana Loki (49.00 USD per month), Honeycomb ($130 per month) and Loggly (79.00 USD per month).
Custom or quote-based pricing: Dynatrace, Splunk and Google Cloud Security Operations.
Each Lister Score is the alternative's score on the ranking named in its row, so compare scores within one ranking rather than across rankings. How the score is made.
#1 in Top 10 Log Management: A comprehensive cloud scale monitoring and security platform that unifies logs, metrics, and traces.
#2 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An all in one observability platform designed to help engineers analyse, troubleshoot, and optimize their entire software stack.
#3 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An automated software intelligence platform powered by artificial intelligence, built specifically for enterprise cloud environments.
#2 in Top 10 Log Management: An industry giant in enterprise log management, security information, and event management.
#3 in Top 10 Log Management: The heart of the ELK stack, offering powerful open and source-available distributed search and analytics.
#4 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: A composable observability platform built around open source software including Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
#4 in Top 10 Log Management: A horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus.
#5 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An observability platform built for high cardinality data, helping engineering teams inspect systems and debug complex distributed systems.
#5 in Top 10 Log Management: A cloud-based log management and analysis service designed to be simple to set up and use.
#6 in Best SIEM software: This intelligence-driven platform empowers security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to threats. It utilises AI and cloud-native capabilities to enhance operational efficiency.