Search code examples
logginglogstashgraylog2kibana

What are the main differences between Graylog2 and Kibana

What are the main differences between Graylog2 and Kibana?

We already use Graylog2 but I must admit I don't really like the UI. Just wonder in case it may be helpful to switch to Kibana.

Solution

  • At my company we started with Graylog2 and recently installed Kibana3. My personal opinion is that Kibana3 is more suited towards non-dev, while Graylog isn't.

    Kibana:

    • Pretty dashboards
    • Graphs, charts and images
    • "panel" customization, adding parallel coordinate graphs for example
    • Easy/flexible management of dashboards (they save directly into their own ES index)
    • Easy deployment (just clone the Kibana3 repo and serve it with your fav. web server)

    Graylog2

    • Much simpler interface
    • Plain log "analysis" and good search capabilities
    • Built in authentication and user permissions
    • Built in alert mechanisms for your chosen streams

    We still have Graylog2 running in parallel to Kibana3, but I don't think it will last for much longer. Kibana3 provides most, if not all, of the capabilities (that we needed), and on top of that it allows management friendly interfaces.