# Grafana Cloud Logs alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 204 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Grafana Cloud Logs holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/grafana-cloud-logs/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Datadog Log Management: 35
- Splunk: 31
- Graylog: 16
- SolarWinds Papertrail: 16
- Better Stack: 15
- Grafana Loki: 11

## Log management

**Small business**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Grafana Cloud Logs (Grafana Cloud Logs is #6 of 14 at 7%).

- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 14 of those 56
- Better Stack: first choice in 12 of those 56
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Graylog: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Axiom: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Coralogix: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Grafana Cloud Logs (Grafana Cloud Logs is #6 of 12 at 7%).

- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 21 of those 71
- Graylog: first choice in 8 of those 71
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Better Stack: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Coralogix: first choice in 2 of those 71
- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Logmanager: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Grafana Cloud Logs.

- Splunk: first choice in 31 of those 77
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 11 of those 77
- Graylog: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Sumo Logic: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Coralogix: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Cribl Stream: first choice in 1 of those 77
- CubeAPM: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 1 of those 77

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