# Sumo Logic alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Sumo Logic 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/sumo-logic/alternatives/

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

- Better Stack: 39
- Datadog Log Management: 31
- Graylog: 22
- Splunk: 20
- Grafana Loki: 19
- SolarWinds Papertrail: 12

## Log management

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Sumo Logic.

- Better Stack: first choice in 36 of those 82
- SolarWinds Papertrail: first choice in 12 of those 82
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Graylog: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Axiom: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Better Stack Logs: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Sumo Logic (Sumo Logic is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 13 of those 77
- Graylog: first choice in 12 of those 77
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Better Stack: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Elastic Stack: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Grafana Cloud Logs: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Axiom: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Sumo Logic (Sumo Logic is #7 of 10 at 2%).

- Splunk: first choice in 20 of those 70
- Datadog Log Management: first choice in 11 of those 70
- CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Elastic Observability: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Grafana Loki: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Graylog: first choice in 2 of those 70
- New Relic Logs: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Axiom: first choice in 1 of those 70

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