# Graylog alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 176 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Graylog 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/graylog/alternatives

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

- Datadog Log Management: 25
- Better Stack: 23
- Splunk: 22
- SolarWinds Papertrail: 11
- Elastic Stack: 10
- Grafana Loki: 8

## Log management

**Small business**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Graylog (Graylog is #5 of 14 at 9%).

- Better Stack: first choice in 20 of those 59
- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 9 of those 59
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 6 of those 59
- Grafana Cloud Logs: first choice in 5 of those 59
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Axiom: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Logmanager: first choice in 2 of those 59

**Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Graylog (Graylog is #2 of 12 at 15%).

- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 13 of those 53
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 5 of those 53
- Better Stack: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 2 of those 53
- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Coralogix: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Grafana Cloud Logs: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Logmanager: first choice in 1 of those 53

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Graylog (Graylog is #3 of 11 at 8%).

- Splunk: first choice in 22 of those 64
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 9 of those 64
- Sumo Logic: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Cribl Stream: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Coralogix: first choice in 1 of those 64
- IBM QRadar: first choice in 1 of those 64
- New Relic Logs: first choice in 1 of those 64

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