Loki for Grafana.
January 23, 2025

Loki for Grafana.

Joshua Li | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Grafana Loki

Overall Satisfaction with Grafana Loki

Loki is used for service process logging and sharing of logging data with other services and display dashboards. Engineers can use Loki as a logging repository to enhance troubleshooting and error tracing as issues arise. Loki, used with Grafana, provides a more user-friendly user interface that less adept engineers can use to query logs.

Pros

  • Compile logs.
  • Offer modular access.
  • Track and trace log queries.

Cons

  • Offer log suggestions.
  • Offer basic query syntax check.
  • Offer data range controls.
  • Enable engineers to access logs quickly to distribute the workload.
  • Provide a possible standard for log access between multiple services.
  • Provide data metrics for customer use.
Grafana Loki makes accessing and viewing service logs easy for engineers who may not be familiar with going into service. However, useability can be limited if engineers are unaware of what the queries should look like or where in the service to direct Loki to look for logging.
Loki is an essential complement to Grafana and provides logging metrics for dashboards and other visual tools. Loki can handle the service logging, while other data source plugins can provide more specific quantifiable metrics to support the logging data. Different types of metrics make a robust data dashboard.

Do you think Grafana Loki delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Grafana Loki's feature set?

Yes

Did Grafana Loki live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Grafana Loki go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Grafana Loki again?

Yes

Grafana Loki can compile data logs for easy exploration of a service and enable quick troubleshooting and error tracing for engineers who may not have deeper access. However, Loki is dependent on the service logging complexity, which, depending on the logger, may not be robust enough and limit the value offered.

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