Sumo Logic
Sumo Logic provides best-in-class cloud monitoring, log management, SIEM tools, and real-time insights for web and SaaS based apps.
Sumo Logic is commercial log management software made by Sumo Logic. Sumo Logic was founded in 2010, and it is based in U.S.. Its English Wikipedia article has about 219 readers a month on phones.
- Made by
- Sumo Logic
- Since
- 2010
- Wikipedia readers on phones
- 219 a month
- Source code
- Closed
Judgement
- What it is
- Complete system
- What it does
- A cloud log management and analytics service with metrics, dashboards and a SIEM product for security monitoring.
- Adopt it when
- A mid-size or large company wants hosted log analytics and security monitoring without operating Splunk or Elasticsearch itself.
- Watch out
- Costs depend on ingest and scan volume and need watching, and its query language is its own.
- Ready for
- Production-ready
- Runs as
- Cloud service
- What the license allows
- Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.
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