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Logback vs Papertrail: What are the differences?
Developers describe Logback as "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. On the other hand, Papertrail is detailed as "Hosted log management for servers, apps, and cloud services". Papertrail helps detect, resolve, and avoid infrastructure problems using log messages. Papertrail's practicality comes from our own experience as sysadmins, developers, and entrepreneurs.
Logback and Papertrail can be primarily classified as "Log Management" tools.
According to the StackShare community, Papertrail has a broader approval, being mentioned in 303 company stacks & 193 developers stacks; compared to Logback, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.
Pros of Logback
Pros of Papertrail
- Log search85
- Easy log aggregation across multiple machines43
- Integrates with Heroku43
- Simple interface37
- Backup to S326
- Easy setup, independent of existing logging setup19
- Heroku add-on15
- Command line interface3
- Alerting1
- Good for Startups1
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Cons of Logback
Cons of Papertrail
- Expensive2
- External Network Goes Down You Wont Be Logging1
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