Logwatch AlternativesLog & Web Log Analyzers like Logwatch

Logwatch is described as 'Customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your systems logs and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify. Logwatch is easy to use and will work right out of the package on most systems' and is a Log Analyzer in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to Logwatch for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, Docker and Kubernetes apps. The best Logwatch alternative is Microsoft Log Parser, which is free. Other great apps like Logwatch are Grafana Tempo, Retrospective Log Analyzer, Specto and Log Parser Lizard.

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  1. Versatile command-line utility provides universal SQL-style query access to text data in log files, XML, and CSV. Supports Windows Event Log, Registry, file system, and Active Directory, enabling extraction, filtering, and flexible output for troubleshooting and analysis.

    8 Microsoft Log Parser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Grafana Tempo is an open-source, easy-to-use, and high-scale distributed tracing backend. Tempo lets you search for traces, generate metrics from spans, and link your tracing data with logs and metrics.

    31 Grafana Tempo alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
  3. Specto icon
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    Specto is a desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an image, etc)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Log Parser Lizard is a versatile GUI tool that provides query access (using SQL) to text-based data, such as log files, XML files, Event Logs, TSV/CSV text files, as well as databases like MS SQL Server, Google BigQuery, OLEDB (MySQL, Oracele, etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. SWATCH, the Simple WATCHer of Logfiles, started out as the "simple watchdog" for activly monitoring log files produced by UNIX's syslog facility. It has since been evolving into a utility that can monitor just about any type of log.

    8 SWATCH (Simple WATCHer) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Logcheck is a simple utility which is designed to allow a system administrator to view the logfiles which are produced upon hosts under their control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. LogAnayzer is a text editor specifically designed to analyze log files faster and easier by allowing the user to create, store and apply rules. When a log line contains all the patterns of a rule a match is added to the index.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. SigLens icon
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    SigLens is a cutting-edge, purpose-built solution designed to efficiently manage massive volumes of data ranging from terabytes to petabytes, all while optimizing resource utilization. Functioning as a column-oriented database, SigLens incorporates dynamic columnar compressions...

    31 SigLens alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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