Log management for small business buyers
Asked as “log management platform”, and as “centralized logging tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 58 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · SolarWinds Papertrail 16%
29Better Stack16SolarWinds Papertrail10Elastic Stack45others
29% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−3Since October 2026: 32% → 29%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Better Stack held the lead, −3 points on 32%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Better Stack29%Contested▼−3Since October 2026: 32% → 29%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Datadog Log Management31%Contested▲+3Since October 2026: 28% → 31%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Splunk45%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 46% → 45%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Better Stack29%Contested▼−3Since October 2026: 32% → 29%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketDatadog Log Management31%Contested▲+3Since October 2026: 28% → 31%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseSplunk45%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 46% → 45%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Better Stack29%0%52accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 32% → 29%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 29%
Better Stack29%0%52accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 32% → 29%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 29%02
SolarWinds Papertrail16%4%45accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 7% → 16%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 16%
SolarWinds Papertrail16%4%45accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 7% → 16%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 16%03
Elastic Stack10%45%58criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 3% → 10%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 10%
Elastic Stack10%45%58criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 3% → 10%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 10%04
Grafana Loki9%9%34accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 12% → 9%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 9%
Grafana Loki9%9%34accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 12% → 9%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 9%05
Graylog9%20%44accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 13% → 9%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.13% → 9%
Graylog9%20%44accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 13% → 9%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.13% → 9%06
Grafana Cloud Logs7%0%28accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%
Grafana Cloud Logs7%0%28accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%07Datadog Log Management7%52%62criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 9% → 7%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 7%
Datadog Log Management7%52%62criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 9% → 7%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 7%08
Axiom2%0%19accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%
Axiom2%0%19accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%09
New Relic Logs2%25%32criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%
New Relic Logs2%25%32criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%10
Logmanager2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Logmanager2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%11
Mezmo2%10%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Mezmo2%10%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
14Splunk0%76%42criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Splunk0%76%42criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Sumo Logic0%57%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sumo Logic0%57%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Logz.io0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Logz.io0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Datadog Log Management vs GraylogDatadog Log Management vs Grafana LokiDatadog Log Management vs Better Stack
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Datadog Log Management vs Elastic StackDatadog Log Management vs Grafana Cloud LogsDatadog Log Management vs CoralogixDatadog Log Management vs SolarWinds PapertrailGraylog vs Grafana LokiGraylog vs Better StackGraylog vs Elastic StackGraylog vs Grafana Cloud LogsGraylog vs CoralogixGraylog vs SolarWinds PapertrailGrafana Loki vs Better StackGrafana Loki vs Elastic StackGrafana Loki vs Grafana Cloud LogsGrafana Loki vs CoralogixGrafana Loki vs SolarWinds PapertrailBetter Stack vs Elastic StackBetter Stack vs Grafana Cloud LogsBetter Stack vs CoralogixBetter Stack vs SolarWinds PapertrailElastic Stack vs Grafana Cloud LogsElastic Stack vs CoralogixElastic Stack vs SolarWinds PapertrailGrafana Cloud Logs vs CoralogixGrafana Cloud Logs vs SolarWinds PapertrailCoralogix vs SolarWinds Papertrail
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011121314Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Better Stack29%
Better Stack29%02SolarWinds Papertrail16%
SolarWinds Papertrail16%03Elastic Stack10%
Elastic Stack10%04Grafana Loki9%
Grafana Loki9%05Graylog9%
Graylog9%06Grafana Cloud Logs7%
Grafana Cloud Logs7%07Datadog Log Management7%
Datadog Log Management7%08Axiom2%
Axiom2%09New Relic Logs2%
New Relic Logs2%10Logmanager2%
Logmanager2%11Mezmo2%
Mezmo2%12Logz.io0%
Logz.io0%13Sumo Logic0%
Sumo Logic0%14Splunk0%
Splunk0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Splunk76%
32 of 42 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 14 hard negative
“small businesses should be cautious about or avoid the following log management platforms... Splunk – Often requires a dedicated sales cycle and significant upfront commitment.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Datadog Log Management52%
32 of 62 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“Datadog's pricing is notoriously complex and expensive, especially for logs, and is generally considered overkill for small businesses.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Elastic Stack45%
26 of 58 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“If you have no dedicated DevOps/software engineering resources, self-hosted ELK will consume more time than it saves.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Graylog20%
9 of 44 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Running a scalable, highly-available Graylog cluster is a major operational burden” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
69 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 766 links across 161 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 29 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
38 answers · 57 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Logmanager35 answers · 45 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Coralogix20 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Hyperping20 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CubeAPM14 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Sherlocks.ai13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
27 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best log management platform”, “log management platform”, “log management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Stack betterstack.com | 29% | 311 | 1,600 | 1,017 | 41,811 | 119 | ||
| SolarWinds papertrail.com SolarWinds Papertrail 16% | 16% | 52 | 14,800 | 1,396 | 8,175 | |||
| Grafana Loki grafana.com Grafana Loki 9%, Grafana Cloud Logs 7% | 16% | 155 | 1,900 | 122 | 84,520 | 116 | ||
| Elastic elastic.co Elastic Stack 10% | 10% | 154 | 74,000 | 34,672 | 208,306 company | 105 | 8 | |
| Graylog graylog.org | 9% | 117 | 3,600 | 146 | 12,269 | 3 | ||
| Datadog parent site Datadog Log Management 7% | 7% | 167 | 74,000 | 3,541 | ||||
| Axiom axiom.co | 2% | 30 | 165,000 | 7,921 | 19,128 | 7 | ||
| New Relic newrelic.com New Relic Logs 2% | 2% | 67 | 14,800 | 843 | 83,276 company | $412 | 89 | |
| Logmanager logmanager.com | 2% | 33 | ||||||
| Mezmo mezmo.com | 2% | 12 | 880 | 12 | 1,701 | 6 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 13 sites; 0 of them are among the sites the models cited here. The first result for “best log management platform” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best log management platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which centralized logging tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top log management platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best log management platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a log management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which log management platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceDatadog Log Management, SolarWinds PapertrailChangedagainst: SplunkSolarWinds Papertrailno first choiceagainst: Elastic Stackno first choiceagainst: Dynatrace, Graylog, Mezmo, SolarWinds Papertrail, Splunk
One alternative
Elastic StackFive alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Loki, Loggly, Mezmo, OpenObserveThree alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Grafana Loki, GraylogGPT-5.4 miniCoralogix, New Relic Logsagainst: Datadog Log Management, Splunk, Sumo LogicDatadog Log ManagementChangedagainst: Elastic Stack, SplunkGrafana Cloud Logsagainst: SplunkBetter Stack, Grafana Lokino first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, Logz.io, New Relic Logs, Splunk, Sumo Logic
Three alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, New Relic LogsFour alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Graylog, Logz.io, New Relic LogsOne alternative
GraylogGemini 3.5 FlashBetter Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, OpenSearchBetter StackHeldagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic StackBetter Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, SplunkGrafana Cloud Logsagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Splunk, Sumo LogicBetter Stack, Grafana Cloud Logsagainst: Elastic Stack, OpenSearch, Splunkagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Exabeam, IBM QRadar, OpenText ArcSight, Securonix, Self-Managed OpenSearch, Splunk, Sumo Logic
Three alternatives
Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Google Cloud Logging, Grafana Cloud LogsThree alternatives
Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Google Cloud Logging, Grafana Cloud LogsFour alternatives
Axiom, Grafana Cloud Logs, Seq, SolarWinds PapertrailFour alternatives
Axiom, Better Stack, Grafana Loki, GraylogTwo alternatives
Axiom, Datadog Log ManagementPerplexity SonarBetter Stackagainst: Elastic StackBetter StackHeldBetter Stackagainst: SplunkBetter Stackno first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Loki, Graylog, New Relic Logs, Splunk, Sumo Logic
Three alternatives
Grafana Cloud Logs, Graylog, New Relic LogsFour alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Graylog, New Relic Logs, SolarWinds PapertrailFive alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, New Relic Logs, SolarWinds PapertrailFive alternatives
Elastic Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Grafana Loki, Graylog, SolarWinds PapertrailGrok 4.20GraylogDatadog Log ManagementChangedBetter Stack, SolarWinds Papertrailagainst: Datadog Log Management, New Relic Logs, Splunk, Sumo LogicGrafana Lokiagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, New Relic Logs, SplunkBetter Stackagainst: Elastic Stack, Splunkagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Elastic Stack (ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) – Especially Cloud version, Splunk, Sumo Logic, VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Four alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Logz.io, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, New Relic LogsThree alternatives
Elastic Stack, Graylog, LogglyThree alternatives
Elastic Stack, Grafana Loki, OpenObserveThree alternatives
Axiom, Graylog, OpenObserveFour alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Loggly, SolarWinds PapertrailMistral SmallElastic StackGraylog, SolarWinds LogglyChangedLoggly, Logz.io, SolarWinds Papertrailagainst: Datadog Log Management, SplunkElastic Stackno first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, New Relic Logs, Sentry, Splunk
Five alternatives
Better Stack, Datadog Log Management, Grafana Cloud Logs, ManageEngine Applications Manager, New Relic LogsOne alternative
SolarWinds PapertrailTwo alternatives
Elastic Stack, Grafana LokiFour alternatives
Grafana Loki, Middleware.io, SigNoz, SolarWinds PapertrailDeepSeek V4 FlashSolarWinds Papertrailagainst: Datadog Log ManagementBetter StackChangedagainst: Datadog Log Management, SplunkAxiom, Better Stackagainst: Datadog Log ManagementGrafana Cloud Logs, Grafana LokiBetter Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Loki, Graylog, SolarWinds Papertrail, Splunkagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Graylog, SolarWinds, Splunk
Five alternatives
Axiom, Better Stack, Elastic Stack, Grafana Loki, Logz.ioFour alternatives
Grafana Loki, Graylog, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, SolarWinds PapertrailFour alternatives
Grafana Cloud Logs, New Relic Logs, SigNoz, SolarWinds PapertrailTwo alternatives
Axiom, Better StackOne alternative
AxiomLlama 4 MaverickElastic Stackno first choiceChangedLogmanagerElastic Stackno first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, New Relic Logs, Sentry, Splunk
Three alternatives
Logz.io, SolarWinds Papertrail, SplunkTwo alternatives
Better Stack, SolarWinds PapertrailThree alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Logmanager, SolarWinds PapertrailQwen 3.7 FlashSolarWinds PapertrailSolarWinds PapertrailHeldagainst: SplunkSolarWinds Papertrailagainst: Datadog Log ManagementBetter Stack, SolarWinds Papertrailagainst: Elastic StackBetter Stackagainst: Elasticsearch / OpenSearchagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Loki, Graylog, New Relic Logs, Sentry, Splunk, Sumo Logic
Three alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Graylog, Site24x7Two alternatives
Datadog Log Management, GraylogTwo alternatives
Better Stack, New Relic LogsThree alternatives
Coralogix, Grafana Loki, GraylogFour alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Grafana Cloud - Loki, New Relic Logs, SolarWinds PapertrailKimi K2Mezmo, Site24x7against: Datadog Log Management, Elastic StackGraylogChangedBetter Stack, Grafana Lokiagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic StackPostHogBetter Stack, Grafana Loki, SolarWinds Papertrailagainst: ArcSight, Coralogix, Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, IBM QRadar, Sematext Logs, Sentry, Splunk
Four alternatives
BusinessLOG, Grafana Loki, Graylog, LogmanagerFour alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Mezmo, SolarWinds PapertrailThree alternatives
Graylog, SigNoz, SolarWinds PapertrailFour alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Grafana Loki, OpenSearchTwo alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic StackGLM 4.7 FlashXBetter Stack, Datadog Log ManagementGraylog, SolarWinds PapertrailChangedagainst: Datadog Log Management, SplunkBetter Stack, Grafana Cloud Logsagainst: Datadog Log Management, SplunkElastic Stackagainst: Graylogno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale, Elastic Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, New Relic Logs, Splunk
Four alternatives
Elastic Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Logz.io, SolarWinds PapertrailTwo alternatives
Better Stack, LogglyFive alternatives
Loggly, Logmanager, New Relic Logs, SigNoz, SolarWinds PapertrailFour alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, SolarWinds PapertrailMiniMax M2.5LogmanagerSolarWinds PapertrailChangedBetter Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Grafana Lokiagainst: Datadog Log ManagementAxiomno first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, Graylog, Sentry, Splunk
Four alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, New Relic LogsThree alternatives
CISA's Free Tools, Graylog, MezmoThree alternatives
Elastic Stack, Mezmo, SigNozTwo alternatives
Better Stack, Elastic StackGPT-6 LunaBetter StackBetter StackHeldBetter Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, Grafana Loki, self-hostedGrafana Cloud Logsno first choiceagainst: Datadog Log Management, Graylog, Self-managed Elastic/ELK, Splunk
Three alternatives
Axiom, Datadog Log Management, Grafana Cloud LogsTwo alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Grafana Cloud LogsThree alternatives
Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Axiom, Grafana Cloud LogsTwo alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana LokiThree alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Cloud with LokiMuse Glimmer 30BBetter Stackagainst: SplunkGraylogChangedAxiom, Better Stackagainst: Elastic StackGrafana Loki, SolarWinds PapertrailElastic Stackagainst: Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Graylog, Logsign Unified SO Platform, Splunk
Six alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Elastic Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Grafana Loki, Graylog, SolarWinds PapertrailSix alternatives
Better Stack, Datadog Log Management, Fluent Bit, Grafana Cloud Logs, Grafana Loki, SolarWinds PapertrailSix alternatives
Datadog Log Management, Grafana Cloud Logs, Graylog, New Relic Logs, SigNoz, SolarWinds PapertrailFive alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud Logs, Graylog, Logmanager, OpenObserveFour alternatives
Axiom, Better Stack, Hyperping, SolarWinds PapertrailBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:23 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:12 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:59 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 8 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:52 | yes | 14 | 75 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:34 | yes | 15 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:30 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:40 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:06 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:25 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:32 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:23 | yes | 5 | 55 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:00 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:31 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:59 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:02 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 19 | 48 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:41 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 6 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 23 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:51 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:26 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:27 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 10 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:26 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:44 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:33 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:00 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:47 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:25 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 8 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:41 | no | 0 | 75 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:56 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 27 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:49 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:45 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:24 | yes | 19 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
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AWS CloudWatch read as Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Azure Monitor read as Azure Monitor Logs
CloudWatch read as Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Cribl read as Cribl Stream
Datadog read as Datadog Log Management
ELK read as Elastic Stack
ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) read as Elastic Stack
ELK Stack read as Elastic Stack
ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) read as Elastic Stack
ELK stack read as Elastic Stack
Elastic read as Elastic Stack
Elastic (ELK Stack or Elastic Cloud) read as Elastic Stack
Elastic (ELK Stack) read as Elastic Stack
Elastic (ELK) read as Elastic Stack
Elastic (ELK/Elastic Cloud) read as Elastic Stack
Elastic (Elastic Cloud) read as Elastic Stack
Elastic Cloud read as Elastic Stack
Elasticsearch read as Elastic Stack
Elasticsearch (ELK Stack) read as Elastic Stack
Grafana Cloud read as Grafana Cloud Logs
Grafana Cloud (Grafana Loki) read as Grafana Cloud Logs
Grafana Cloud (Loki) read as Grafana Cloud Logs
New Relic read as New Relic Logs
Sematext read as Sematext Logs
Unresolved, counted raw
CISA's Free Tools
Elastic Stack (ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) – Especially Cloud version
Grafana Cloud - Loki
Grafana Cloud with Loki
Grafana Loki, self-hosted
Self-Managed OpenSearch
Self-managed Elastic/ELK
Seq
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.