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Logback vs Loggly: What are the differences?

What is Logback? A logging framework for Java applications. It is intended as a successor to the popular log4j project. It is divided into three modules, logback-core, logback-classic and logback-access. The logback-core module lays the groundwork for the other two modules, logback-classic natively implements the SLF4J API so that you can readily switch back and forth between logback and other logging frameworks and logback-access module integrates with Servlet containers, such as Tomcat and Jetty, to provide HTTP-access log functionality.

What is Loggly? Log Management, Simplified in the Cloud. The world's most popular cloud-based log management service delivers application intelligence.

Logback and Loggly belong to "Log Management" category of the tech stack.

Instacart, Heroku, and Movielala are some of the popular companies that use Loggly, whereas Logback is used by Montoux, movix, and immmr. Loggly has a broader approval, being mentioned in 111 company stacks & 88 developers stacks; compared to Logback, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.

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Pros of Logback
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    • 37
      Centralized log management
    • 25
      Easy to setup
    • 21
      Great filtering
    • 16
      Live logging
    • 15
      Json log support
    • 10
      Log Management
    • 10
      Alerting
    • 7
      Great Dashboards
    • 7
      Love the product
    • 4
      Heroku Add-on
    • 2
      Easy to setup and use
    • 2
      Easy setup
    • 2
      No alerts in free plan
    • 2
      Great UI
    • 2
      Good parsing
    • 2
      Powerful
    • 2
      Fast search
    • 2
      Backup to S3

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    Cons of Logback
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        Pricey after free plan

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      What is Logback?

      It is intended as a successor to the popular log4j project. It is divided into three modules, logback-core, logback-classic and logback-access. The logback-core module lays the groundwork for the other two modules, logback-classic natively implements the SLF4J API so that you can readily switch back and forth between logback and other logging frameworks and logback-access module integrates with Servlet containers, such as Tomcat and Jetty, to provide HTTP-access log functionality.

      What is Loggly?

      It is a SaaS solution to manage your log data. There is nothing to install and updates are automatically applied to your Loggly subdomain.

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      What are some alternatives to Logback and Loggly?
      Log4j
      It is an open source logging framework. With this tool – logging behavior can be controlled by editing a configuration file only without touching the application binary and can be used to store the Selenium Automation flow logs.
      SLF4J
      It is a simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks allowing the end user to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
      Logstash
      Logstash is a tool for managing events and logs. You can use it to collect logs, parse them, and store them for later use (like, for searching). If you store them in Elasticsearch, you can view and analyze them with Kibana.
      New Relic
      The world’s best software and DevOps teams rely on New Relic to move faster, make better decisions and create best-in-class digital experiences. If you run software, you need to run New Relic. More than 50% of the Fortune 100 do too.
      Kibana
      Kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch. Kibana is a snap to setup and start using. Kibana strives to be easy to get started with, while also being flexible and powerful, just like Elasticsearch.
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