A high-performance observability data pipeline.
Sources, transforms and sinks in one binary, with VRL for parsing.
alternatives to
Logstash
Logstash - transport and process your logs, events, or other data
Vector, Fluentd, Fluent Bit and more. 6 alternatives to Logstash, in Rust, Ruby, C, Go. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
Side by side
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vector | Full replacement | 23k | MPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | v0.61.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| Fluentd | Full replacement | 14k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Ruby | v1.20.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| Fluent Bit | Full replacement | 8.2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C | v5.2.0 | 2026-11-11 |
| Beats | Partial | 13k | Other | Open core | Yes | Go | v9.5.6 | 2026-11-12 |
| Redpanda Connect | Partial | 8.8k | None detected | Open core | Yes | Go | v4.117.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| OpenTelemetry Collector | Partial | 7.8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.165.0 | 2026-11-10 |
Every alternative
6 alternatives
Fluentd: Unified Logging Layer (project under CNCF)
Collects, filters and routes logs through plugins, as a Ruby service.
- Language
- Ruby
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 14k
- Latest
- v1.20.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Fast and Lightweight Logs, Metrics and Traces processor for Linux, BSD, OSX and Windows
Lightweight agent in C, built for nodes and edge devices.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 8.2k
- Latest
- v5.2.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
:tropical_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash
Lightweight shippers for logs and metrics that forward data, with only basic processing.
Fancy stream processing made operationally mundane
Stream processor with inputs, transforms and outputs, configured in YAML.
OpenTelemetry Collector
Receives, processes and exports logs, metrics and traces in the OpenTelemetry format.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 7.8k
- Latest
- v0.165.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-10
Head to head
- Beats vs Fluent Bit
- Beats vs Fluentd
- Beats vs OpenTelemetry Collector
- Beats vs Redpanda Connect
- Beats vs Vector
- Fluent Bit vs Fluentd
- Fluent Bit vs OpenTelemetry Collector
- Fluent Bit vs Redpanda Connect
- Fluent Bit vs Vector
- Fluentd vs OpenTelemetry Collector
- Fluentd vs Redpanda Connect
- Fluentd vs Vector
- OpenTelemetry Collector vs Redpanda Connect
- OpenTelemetry Collector vs Vector
- Redpanda Connect vs Vector
About Logstash
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 15k
- Last push
- 2026-11-11