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Aggregate all your logs, your own way.
Thousands of companies trust Papertrail to manage billions of log messages — every day.
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archive 7 days
No credit card required. Never expires.
16 GB first month bonus, then 50 MB/month
Larger plan? Custom service? Papertrail manages billions of log messages each month. Here's high-volume and custom options.
Nonprofit or bootstrapped startup and can't afford this? Contact us and we'll work with you.
- Intuitive Web-based log viewer
- Powerful command-line tools
- Long-term archive (S3)
- Team-wide groups & searches
- Automated export for reporting
- REST API
- Unlimited systems & users
- Encrypted logging
- Search alerts
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How can I reach you? Email us. When we're awake, we're available.
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What happens when the limit is reached? It's up to you. Logs can stop or can continue as a usage-based service (up to 200% extra, at 30% higher price per GB). You're always notified and can switch at any time.
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How did you choose these durations? We used them. 3-7 days satisfied something like 97% of our own searches. Early users made the same observation. Archives worked well for the rest.
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How is log transfer (GB) calculated? The length of the message, plus 50 bytes for metadata. 1 GB is 6.6 million 100-character messages. Transfer is measured monthly, so day-to-day variations are fine.
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Can I search, analyze, and download archives? Yes. Archives are downloadable text files and are copied to Amazon S3. Our docs make it simple to analyze and search them: Redshift, Athena, Hadoop on EMR.
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Can I log from my less-common network or app? If it has Internet access, the chances are very good. Yes to NAT, dynamic IPs, text log files, VMs, EC2, PaaS, and local collectors. Ask us or try it.