# New Relic Logs alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 221 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where New Relic Logs holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/new-relic-logs/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Better Stack: 32
- Datadog Log Management: 30
- Splunk: 29
- Graylog: 23
- Grafana Loki: 16
- SolarWinds Papertrail: 10

## Log management

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name New Relic Logs (New Relic Logs is #6 of 11 at 3%).

- Better Stack: first choice in 28 of those 72
- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Graylog: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Better Stack Logs: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Grafana Cloud Logs: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name New Relic Logs (New Relic Logs is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Graylog: first choice in 12 of those 74
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 11 of those 74
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 7 of those 74
- Better Stack: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Grafana Cloud Logs: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Splunk: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name New Relic Logs (New Relic Logs is #5 of 10 at 4%).

- Splunk: first choice in 27 of those 75
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 14 of those 75
- CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Graylog: first choice in 2 of those 75
- ChaosSearch: first choice in 1 of those 75
- CubeAPM: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Elastic Observability: first choice in 1 of those 75

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