Scalyr vs Sumo Logic: What are the differences?

Developers describe Scalyr as "Cloud-based log aggregation, server monitoring, and real-time analysis tool". Scalyr is log search and management so fast you actually use it. Custom dashboards, graphs, alerts and log parsers allow you to monitor what's important to you. We're proud to serve customers like Business Insider, Opendoor, and Grab. On the other hand, Sumo Logic is detailed as "Cloud Log Management for Application Logs and IT Log Data". Cloud-based machine data analytics platform that enables companies to proactively identify availability and performance issues in their infrastructure, improve their security posture and enhance application rollouts. Companies using Sumo Logic reduce their mean-time-to-resolution by 50% and can save hundreds of thousands of dollars, annually. Customers include Netflix, Medallia, Orange, and GoGo Inflight.

Scalyr and Sumo Logic belong to "Log Management" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Scalyr are:

• Remote log monitoring
• log aggregation
• real-time reporting

On the other hand, Sumo Logic provides the following key features:

• Ability to collect data from on-premise sources, private/public/hybrid clouds, and SaaS/PaaS environments
• Real-time continuous query engine that constantly updates dashboards and reports for immediate visualization
• Anomaly detection engine that enables companies to proactively uncover events without writing rules

"Speed of queries" is the top reason why over 5 developers like Scalyr, while over 8 developers mention "Search capabilities" as the leading cause for choosing Sumo Logic.

Netflix, Lyft, and Coursera are some of the popular companies that use Sumo Logic, whereas Scalyr is used by Codecademy, Zola, and Property With Potential. Sumo Logic has a broader approval, being mentioned in 57 company stacks & 7 developers stacks; compared to Scalyr, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.