--- title: Fluentd Reviews meta\_title: 'Fluentd Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Fluentd works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 15 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: "DevSecOps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" url: https://www.g2.com/categories/devsecops --- # Fluentd Reviews & Product Details Fluentd is an open source data collector, which lets you unify the data collection and consumption for a better use and understanding of data. * * * Seller [Fluentd](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fluentd) Discussions [Fluentd Community](https://www.g2.com/products/fluentd/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/fluentd/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![Graylog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Graylog") Graylog 4.4/5(121) ](https://www.g2.com/products/graylog/reviews) [ ![Splunk Enterprise](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Splunk Enterprise") Splunk Enterprise 4.3/5(434) ](https://www.g2.com/products/splunk-enterprise/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/fluentd/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 15 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Rahul A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rahul A.") RA Rahul A. DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/18/2020 "Light log forwarder" 4/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? It's resource consumption is very less and provides flexibility to control parsing as well as basic optimization parameters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? Inability to parse large log lines example Json logs having large exceptions and multiline logs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Fluentd: Use it if you want to roll out a logging infrastructure that supports simple formatted logs and don't have need for advanced parsing like modifying fields,adding other data to logs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? Sending 250 gb logs per day in a microservices architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Harpreet S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harpreet S.") HS Harpreet S. Member Of Technical Staff 2 Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/3/2019 "Used Fluentd to collect Kafka steams coming from different other internal projects." 4/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? - Reduce cost in terms of development. You need not to write your own connector. - Easier to install and have better documentation so we did not face any difficulty when we started using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? As we used this tool for internal project so i do not find any problems in this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Fluentd: Best log management tool when integrated with other tools like Kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? Collecting logs coming from different internal projects.As i already mentioned benefits are east configurable , better documentation . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vladyslav R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vladyslav R.") VR Vladyslav R. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/30/2019 "I am regularly using fluentd since october of 2015" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? I like the possibility to trigger and control the commands (processes) inside the fluentd configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? To use other commands to delete old log files during log rotation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Fluentd: During the use of fluentd you should implement the own method of log rotation as a process which will be triggered from fluentd configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? Using the fluentd AWS S3 configuration to log storage with good cost-reducing, optimizing the memory and system performance during logs parsing by using fluentd, good interconnection capability with other systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/30/2019 "FluentD is very good tool for log collection and the support from the community is good." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? Best part of fluentD is we can collect the data especially logs with out any data loss and community is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? First time users will face lot of issues while installing the ruby gems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? Didn't face much issues apart from the collector configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") UC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/30/2019 "very useful tools" 4/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? easy to use , good integration libraries, and distribute logs in orders and topics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? some time the performance is not good enough to keep up with the pipeline Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? useful tools for the projects worked on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Natasha R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Natasha R.") NR Natasha R. Group Fitness Instructor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/31/2018 "Fluentd" 4/5 What do you like best about Fluentd? I like how Fluentd is easy to integrate with other sources and programs. Fluentd is also very versatile with how you can use the program to your specific needs. Fluentd also helps save valuable memory space. It also is a quick download and set up to get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fluentd? The struggle with any program that is so customizable is the fact that it can make it harder to use and learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fluentd solving and how is that benefiting you? Fluentd is helping us stay organized as a company. Fluentd is also saving memory space for us while searching data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. 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