Fast and easy real-time log aggregation, management, and search
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Papertrail is our primary logging service for several web apps and microservices. It does exactly what we need: aggregates logs in real-time from various sources and supports fast search capability.
Pros
- Real-time tail and search
- Custom alerts and notifications
- Filters incoming logs that match one or more strings or regex
Cons
- More precise search results, though maybe I am not using optimal syntax
- Lower cost would be nice
Likelihood to Recommend
We love Papertrail. It's very easy to set up and use. It has a powerful and flexible alerts/notification engine. Because logs can be verbose and Papertrail isn't the cheapest solution on the market, it's important that you take the extra time to set up log filtering. We tried a few other offerings first, but they were too complex and had a steeper learning curve for non-technical users. Papertrail however was approachable for every team member, including non-technical users.
