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Liven up your logging with Graylog!
December 09, 2019

Liven up your logging with Graylog!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Graylog

We use Graylog to collect messages from a variety of different systems like network switch and routers to wifi controllers. We use Graylog to group and create graphs to show specific information. We also use Graylog to send messages to us to alert of certain activities. Graylog is widely used in our office because it is cost-effective and the ability to be tweak for each team.
  • The ability to add and remove information to the messages. This makes it so you can customize each message and get the information you really want.
  • Being able to search for different criteria allows finding the exact data you want without having to manually filter the data.
  • Searching tends to be quick and is able to process large amounts of data quickly so you don't have to wait forever for your data.
  • The graphs and visualizations are limited on the dashboard if there were more options it would be better for different kinds of data.
  • Graylog is just less expensive than some other options which meant it fit into our budget otherwise we might not be able to justify a higher cost.
  • Being able to track issues that we normally couldn't track using other tools is a bonus to help us know of any issues we have and can fix before an outage or failure that could potentially cost money.
  • We have had to spend more time than I would like to understand and customize Graylog which has taken time away from other tasks and projects.
Graylog does what other similar products that cost more do, but the more expansive one typically has more features or are multiple products wrapped in one. We went with Graylog because it does everything we need it too, and the price was less than other and fit into our budget. If cost were not an issue, I would probably go with a product that had more features and could do more just in case we might use them in the future.
They have good online documentation. I haven't had to use their support much, which is a good thing I would assume since most everything they do is the standard way to do it. When I have used their support is was the online documentation; it seems to be well supported by Graylog and the community. Every issue I had, I was able to resolve using their documentation or the forums with questions on their website.

Do you think Graylog delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Graylog's feature set?

Yes

Did Graylog live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Graylog go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Graylog again?

Yes

Graylog can collect messages and group them, so if you want to get alerted when there is an abnormal amount of particular messages, Graylog can do that. Graylog can be used to analyze traffic, and if traffic over a certain level and is sustained for an amount of time, it can send the information of which mac addresses are causing the traffic influx.