What is Logflare?

Logflare is a comprehensive log management and application performance monitoring solution designed to offer real-time event ingestion, powerful querying, and dashboard creation. By leveraging deep integration with Google BigQuery, users can ingest logs instantly, retain data for years, and create dynamic dashboards using Google Data Studio. With multiple integration options—including Cloudflare, Elixir, Vercel, and Pino—Logflare caters to a variety of tech stacks while maintaining minimal latency and efficient data processing.

The platform provides robust features such as structured logging, log routing, customizable alerts via email, SMS, or webhooks, and public sharing of log sources. Logflare automatically detects and manages schema updates, ensuring seamless data ingestion and querying. With flexible retention policies and support for bring-your-own-backend, organizations maintain full control and transparency over their logging infrastructure, backed by strong encryption standards for data security.

Features

BigQuery Integration: Instantly ingests and stores logs for advanced analytics and long-term retention.
Real-Time Querying: Enables fast, scalable queries on current and historical log data.
Customizable Dashboards: Create and visualize logs in Google Data Studio.
Multi-Source Integrations: Supports Cloudflare, Elixir Logger, Vercel, and Pino for versatile logging.
Log Routing and Filtering: Route and consolidate logs using Regex and metadata.
Alerting System: Offers real-time notifications via email, SMS, webhooks, Slack, and Discord.
Schema Auto-Detection: Automatically manages and updates data schema for incoming logs.
Public URL Sharing: Share live log data through unique, public URLs without login requirements.
Data Encryption: Secures all log data in transit and at rest.
Progressive Web App Support: Installable web client for a seamless app-like experience.

Use Cases

Centralized logging and monitoring for cloud-based applications.
Real-time debugging and error tracking for web services.
Generating analytics dashboards for SEO or traffic analysis.
Monitoring application performance with structured event tracking.
Consolidating and routing logs from diverse microservices architectures.
Sharing live server logs with teams or stakeholders securely.
Alerting teams to critical incidents or unusual events in production systems.
Long-term storage and querying for compliance or forensic analysis.

FAQs

How does Logflare handle long-term log retention?

Logflare stores logs in BigQuery by default for a set retention period, with the option for users to bring their own BigQuery tables for extended or unlimited data storage.
What integrations are available with Logflare?

Logflare supports integrations with Cloudflare, Elixir Logger, Vercel, Pino, and can connect with Google Data Studio for dashboarding.
How does Logflare manage log schema changes?

Logflare automatically detects and updates schemas for incoming log events, ensuring seamless ingestion and query consistency.
What types of alerts are supported by Logflare?

Users can receive real-time alerts via email, Slack, Discord, webhooks, and SMS (for paid plans) to stay informed about critical events.
Is the data encrypted when using Logflare?

All log data is encrypted in transit and at rest when using Google BigQuery as the backend.