What is Grafana Loki?
Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It indexes only metadata (labels) rather than full text, making it very cost-effective.
Best For
Teams wanting cost-effective log aggregation with Grafana
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Cost-effective (indexes labels only)
- Native Grafana integration
- Prometheus-like label system
- Easy to operate
Cons
- No full-text indexing
- Query performance depends on labels
- Less powerful search than Elasticsearch
Features
APM
4
Logging
8.5
Infrastructure
7
Alerting
7.5
Integrations
8
Ease of Use
8
Support
7.5
Value for Money
9.5
Pricing
Free / Cloud from $49/mo
Our Verdict on Grafana Loki
8.5
Score
/10
Grafana Loki earns a strong 8.5/10. Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus.
