Item: LogDNA
Rating: 9
Author: Bruno Cantuaria

Overall Satisfaction with LogDNA

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

LogDNA is our main log drain and monitor. We also use it as an alert system, through Regex of log entries, redirecting those alerts to Slack and email.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Log search
Log alert
Log drain

Cons

Faster UI

Return on Investment

LogDNA is 30% cheaper than our previous solution

Usability

It's really easy to use and powerful. But at a few times, the UI may feel sluggish, which is a bit expected, since it's displaying live stream of heavy data.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Papertrail

LogDNA have a better UI and it pricing system fit better for our usage than PaperTrail's.

Key Insights

Do you think LogDNA delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with LogDNA's feature set?

Yes

Did LogDNA live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of LogDNA go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy LogDNA again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Heroku Platform, Redis Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need to monitor and parse your logs, in an automated way, LogDNA is a perfect fit. You can easily set up specific rules to be alerted when a log matches that rule.

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LogDNA is the Swiss knife of log tools