SolarWinds Papertrail
Frustration-free log management.
Overview
Papertrail, another log management offering from SolarWinds, is designed for simplicity and real-time visibility. It provides a live event viewer that allows developers and engineers to see logs from all their servers, applications, and cloud services in one place, making it easy to troubleshoot issues as they happen.
✨ Key Features
- Real-time Event Viewer (Live Tail)
- Simple Search and Filtering
- Alerting on Log Patterns
- Log Archiving to Amazon S3
- Command-line and API access
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Simplicity and ease of use
- Excellent real-time log viewer (live tail)
- Developer-friendly tools (CLI)
Unique Value: Provides a frustration-free, real-time view into all of your logs, making troubleshooting fast and intuitive.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Live tailing logs from multiple sources for immediate feedback
- Simple log aggregation for developers
- Troubleshooting issues in cloud-native applications
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Complex log analysis and visualization
- Organizations needing advanced reporting and dashboards
🏆 Alternatives
Focuses on doing one thing exceptionally well: real-time log viewing. It is simpler and often faster for live debugging than more feature-rich (and complex) platforms.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: 100 MB/month, 48-hour search, 7-day archive
🔄 Similar Tools in Centralized Logging
Datadog
A monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale applications and infrastructure....
Splunk
A platform for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data....
Logz.io
A cloud observability platform based on open-source ELK and Grafana....
Sematext
A unified solution for infrastructure monitoring, log management, APM, and real user monitoring....
Sumo Logic
A cloud-native platform for continuous intelligence and security analytics....
Graylog
An open-source and commercial platform for centralized log management....