What is Papertrail used for?

Papertrail is a hosted log aggregation service from SolarWinds with live tail, search and alerting for application and server logs. It is a good fit for centralizing server and app logs, and watching logs live during a deployment.

Yes. Papertrail has a free plan.

Is Papertrail open source?

No. Papertrail is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Papertrail include Graylog, Grafana Loki and SigNoz.

What are some alternatives to Papertrail?

Papertrail competes with Loggly, Logz.io and Sumo Logic. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Papertrail alternatives.

Papertrail: features, pricing and alternatives

About Papertrail

Papertrail is a hosted log management service from SolarWinds. It collects logs from servers and applications into one place and lets developers and operations teams search them and follow new messages as they arrive through a live tail view. Check the vendor's site for current plans, retention limits and integrations. Papertrail is a proprietary, vendor-hosted service with no self-hosted edition.

Key features

Hosted log aggregation
Live tail of incoming log messages
Search across collected logs
Operated by SolarWinds

Good fit for

→Centralizing server and app logs
→Watching logs live during a deployment

Tags: log-management; logging; solarwinds; monitoring; live-tail; saas

Papertrail: questions and answers

What is Papertrail used for?: Papertrail is a hosted log aggregation service from SolarWinds with live tail, search and alerting for application and server logs. It is a good fit for centralizing server and app logs, and watching logs live during a deployment.
Is Papertrail free?: Yes. Papertrail has a free plan.
Is Papertrail open source?: No. Papertrail is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Papertrail include Graylog, Grafana Loki and SigNoz.
What are some alternatives to Papertrail?: Papertrail competes with Loggly, Logz.io and Sumo Logic. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Papertrail alternatives.