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Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs Graylog Enterprise comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud's operations s...
Ranking in Log Management
24th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (32nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (19th)
Graylog Enterprise
Ranking in Log Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Graylog Enterprise is 2.5%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Graylog Enterprise2.5%
Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver)1.1%
Other96.4%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Anand_Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH
Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations
As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or Big Query can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings. It has default integration for all gcp services. recently managed Prometheus support gives more flexibility to organizations to remain connected with their current Prometheus setup. We leveraged integrated FinOps Hub for recommendations for our workloads and server configurations, helpd us lot in order to get maximum TCO.
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Security Officer at JSC "Moldtelecom" S.A.
Log analysis has become clearer and faster but visualization and extensibility still need work
The problem was with the complexity and the cost to add extensions. We found this very expensive to buy another version with additional features. I think that Graylog Enterprise does not have customizable dashboards. I did not see them in Graylog Enterprise because most of the time we used the open source free version, which is limited. I think Graylog Enterprise should improve some things that they have in the paid version and perhaps provide users with a menu that gives examples of parsing logs and draws graphics so that people do not need to improve another system such as Grafana. This would be interesting. When it comes to functionalities, I found the log management in Graylog Enterprise acceptable. It is very simple to use and to collect logs. It has support for different protocols and different ports, and the sidecar is easy to use. However, in visualization, I think it needs to be much better.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."
"Google Stackdriver is all about activity."
"I would tell potential users that the current version is much nicer than the previous one."
"It has reduced the amount of time that we would take for troubleshooting."
"The solution has improved our organization by reducing latency and also monitoring the costs of GCP usage by using the logging and monitoring features."
"Offers a valuable logging transport feature"
"The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports."
"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."
"It is used as a log manager/SIEM. It provides visibility into the infrastructure and security related events."
"I like the simplicity of the solution, the fact that it's open source and user friendly."
"This had increased productivity for the dev and support teams, because we are directly notifying them."
"The positive impact of Graylog Enterprise on my organization is that it provides visibility into activity, leading to client satisfaction because we were able to track all activity from the root cause to the user's final activity to determine whether it was something malicious or legitimate."
"Feature-wise or from the end user perspective, Graylog is just great."
"Open source and user friendly."
"It is easier to find some issues, and if I find some issues, then it is easier to resolve them."
"Graylog Enterprise positively impacts the organization by helping the team and analysts investigate incidents faster since logs from servers, endpoints, cloud, and firewalls are available in one place."
 

Cons

"Lacking sufficient operations documentation."
"The logging functionality could be better."
"This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."
"While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."
"It could be even more automated."
"It could be more stable."
"Google Stackdriver is a stable product, but there is some lagging we cannot stop."
"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver."
"Graylog Enterprise could be improved by incorporating a way to build executive reports that are not too technical, so they can be presented to upper management, who are usually not from the security area."
"Graylog could improve the process of creating rules. We have to create them manually by doing parses and applying them. Other SIEM solutions have basic rules and you can create and get more events of interest."
"I believe Graylog Enterprise could improve by having a simpler system for locating records and a more efficient system of filters and monitoring."
"The area in Graylog that needs to be improved or enhanced would be the integrations."
"Graylog can improve the index rotation as it's quite a complex solution."
"The technical support is a weak point in this product. It's not so easy to contact them and they don't answer immediately."
"Graylog Enterprise is a fantastic tool, but for small and medium-sized businesses the cost ends up being high, especially in the Brazilian and Latin American market."
"I would like to see some kind of visualization included in Graylog. The report is plain, they could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."
"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."
"The cost could be lower."
"If you want something that works and do not have the money for Splunk or QRadar, take Graylog.​​"
"I am using a community edition. I have not looked at the enterprise offering from Graylog."
"​You get a lot out-of-the-box with the non-enterprise version, so give it a try first."
"There is an open source version and an enterprise version. I wouldn't recommend the enterprise version, but as an open source solution, it is solid and works really well."
"We're using the Community edition."
"Consider Enterprise support if you have atypical needs or setup requirements.​"
"It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."
"It's open source and free. They have a paid version, but we never looked into that because we never needed the features of the paid version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Stackdriver?
As Ops Suite, is a google product which effectively comes at zero setup cost, in order to manage your on-premises logs on onsite, it involves negligible cost for using ops agent and it also include...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Graylog?
I find the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Graylog Enterprise to be somewhat expensive. However, it is cost-effective compared to other larger platforms. The pricing depends on factors such a...
What needs improvement with Graylog?
One improvement I want to see in Graylog Enterprise is artificial intelligence to help us automatically identify unusual patterns and suggest possible causes. I also want to see more ready-made das...
What is your primary use case for Graylog?
Graylog Enterprise serves as my main centralized log management solution. In our environment, we have many systems that generate logs, including servers, applications, network devices, and security...
 

Also Known As

Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring
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Sample Customers

Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games
Blue Cross Blue Shield, eBay, Cisco, LinkedIn, SAP, King.com, Twilio, Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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