Graylog
SIEM and log management for lean security, IT, and audit teams.
By Graylog · 4.6/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Lean security teams that need SIEM without a full-time administrator
- IT and operations teams centralizing logs from cloud, containers, and on-prem
- Audit and compliance teams needing policy-driven retention and tiering
- Organizations that must run in their own cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped environments
Ideal size: 10–500 people · Lean security or IT ops team with audit and log-volume needs
Not for
- Teams wanting a fully vendor-managed SIEM with no infrastructure responsibility
- Organizations that require published transparent per-GB pricing before trial
- Buyers whose only integration requirement is an out-of-the-box MCP server
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
2–4 weeks for core log ingestion
~30 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Graylog Open is free and source-available; Graylog Enterprise and Graylog Security are commercial and sold via contact sales.
Implementation Friction
3/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not published; contact sales
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Graylog, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2009 · 17 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
We haven’t recorded support channels for Graylog yet. Nothing here means unverified — not absent.
Market position
Where Graylog sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Graylog
- Greenly
- Mineral
- MineOS
- Stellar Cyber
- Didomi
Add or change companies
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Graylog ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Vendor page describes explainable AI, a report-writing AI agent, and anomaly detectors; it does not name model providers, key-model options, AI pricing, or customer-data training policies.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Graylog is a SIEM and enterprise log management platform for lean security and IT operations teams. It collects logs on one timeline, groups alerts into prioritized incidents, provides AI-assisted detection, investigation, and reporting, and deploys in Graylog's cloud, the customer's cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped. Graylog Open is free and source-available; Enterprise and Security are commercial. The vendor reports 60,000+ installations and a 4.6/5 reviewer rating.
Frequently asked questions
What is Graylog?
Graylog is a SIEM and enterprise log management platform. It combines log collection, search, alerting, and reporting with threat detection, investigation, and response. It is available as Graylog Open (free, source-available), Graylog Enterprise, and Graylog Security.
What deployment options does Graylog offer?
Graylog can run in Graylog's cloud, in the customer's cloud, on the customer's own hardware, or in air-gapped environments, with the same features across deployments, according to the vendor.
Does Graylog include AI features?
The vendor describes AI that shows its work, AI-assisted detection and response, a report-writing AI agent, and anomaly detectors. The page does not name model providers, key-model options, AI pricing, or customer-data training policies.
What does Graylog cost?
Graylog Open is free and source-available. Pricing for Graylog Enterprise and Graylog Security is not published on the homepage; buyers are directed to contact sales.
Which compliance certifications does Graylog hold?
The homepage does not list SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP, or AI-management certifications. Buyers should request a trust or security page directly from the vendor.