Graylog: Is Graylog free

This documentation is part of the Introduction guide. View the full guide here: Intruduction to Graylog, a unified, powerful platform for log management and analytics.

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Stackhero provides a fully managed Graylog cloud solution designed for speed and simplicity. You can:

• Rely on an unlimited, dedicated SMTP email server included with your service.
• Apply updates effortlessly with a single click, with no manual intervention needed.
• Use a custom domain name secured by HTTPS (for example, https://logs.your-company.com), giving your team secure, direct access.
• Experience strong performance and security on a private, dedicated infrastructure with no shared resources or noisy neighbors.

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Graylog is available in two editions. Graylog Open is the community edition: free to use, including in production, with support for core log management features such as collection, indexing, search, dashboards, streams, pipelines, and basic alerting. The source code is available on GitHub. Graylog Operations and Graylog Security are commercial editions that offer advanced features like anomaly detection, compliance reporting, advanced correlation, and enterprise support.

A key licensing note: In 2023-2024, Graylog switched its core license from Apache 2.0 to the Server Side Public License (SSPL). For most users: companies running Graylog internally, this change has no practical impact. You can continue to use Graylog Open for free. The SSPL mainly affects those who want to offer Graylog as a hosted service to third parties. If you require the Apache 2.0 license, the last release under it was Graylog 5.0. Versions 5.1 and later use SSPL. For more detail, you can review the official SSPL license documentation.