The Logz.io Alternative for Teams Who Need More Than Managed ELK.

Atatus provides its own log search interface with full-text search, regex support, and field-level filtering, designed so engineers don't need to know Lucene or KQL for most use cases. If your team has power users who rely on Lucene for complex log analysis, Atatus visual filter builder and saved views cover the vast majority of everyday debugging patterns. For teams where Kibana expertise is deeply embedded, the transition is usually straightforward because the underlying concepts (field filtering, time range selection, log patterns) are the same, just without the syntax barrier.

Atatus uses flat per-host pricing, you pay based on the number of servers or containers you're running, not the volume of logs they produce. A host that generates 500MB of logs per day costs exactly the same as one that generates 50GB. This means deployments, incidents, and traffic spikes don't create billing surprises. For teams that have been using Logz.io's Data Optimization Hub to filter logs at the source just to manage costs, Atatus removes that constraint entirely. You can ship everything and retain what you need for the full 90 days without a cost penalty.

Logz.io's Trace Quickview shows a summary of trace data alongside log entries; it's useful context, but it's not full distributed tracing. You can see that a trace ID exists, but you can't walk through the full span waterfall, see which database query took 800ms, or identify the service that introduced latency. Atatus log-to-trace correlation is one-click from any log entry to a complete trace waterfall that shows every span, method, and database call in the request lifecycle. This is the difference between knowing an error happened and knowing exactly why, down to the specific line of code or SQL query.

If you're already instrumented with OpenTelemetry, migrating to Atatus is primarily a configuration change, point your OTLP exporter at Atatus endpoints instead of Logz.io. No code changes to your application are required. For log shipping, Atatus supports all major log shippers (Fluentd, Fluent Bit, Logstash, Vector, Filebeat) with simple configuration updates. Most teams complete the initial migration in a single day and run Atatus alongside Logz.io for a validation period before fully cutting over. We provide a free dedicated onboarding session to guide the transition.

Atatus includes 90-day retention across all signal types - logs, APM traces, infrastructure metrics, and RUM data on all paid plans at no additional cost. For teams that need longer metric retention for trend analysis or compliance, extended retention is available on Business and Enterprise plans. Logz.io's 18-month metric default is a genuine advantage for long-horizon infrastructure trend analysis. For most engineering teams focused on incident response and performance debugging, 90 days of correlated logs, traces, and metrics provides more than enough runway.

Yes. Atatus supports all major log shippers including Fluentd, Fluent Bit, Logstash, Vector, Filebeat, and the OpenTelemetry Collector. For application-level logging, Atatus agents are available for Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby, Go, .NET, and PHP. Database log sources including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and MariaDB are supported out of the box. Atatus also supports Kubernetes log collection via Helm chart deployment. The main difference from Logz.io's 300+ integrations is that Atatus focuses on the most commonly used sources rather than maximizing integration breadth.

Yes, and it also covers APM, RUM, uptime monitoring, and browser performance that Logz.io doesn't offer. Atatus is designed as a single-platform replacement for teams that are paying for Logz.io Log Management, Infrastructure Monitoring, and potentially a separate APM tool. The flat per-host pricing model means the total cost of consolidating all of these signals onto Atatus is typically lower than running just Logz.io Log Management and Infrastructure Monitoring separately, especially for log-heavy teams where Logz.io's per-GB billing adds up quickly.

Yes. Atatus offers a self-hosted on-premises deployment option for teams in regulated industries or those with strict data sovereignty requirements. Logz.io is cloud-only SaaS - there is no on-premises option. For teams in healthcare, financial services, or government sectors where data must remain within a specific jurisdiction or private network, Atatus on-premises deployment provides full observability capabilities without sending data to a third-party cloud. Contact us to discuss your deployment requirements and compliance needs.