User Reviews of syslog-ng

Updated September 2025

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Oliver Castellucchio
Oliver Castellucchio
IT Infrastructure & Cloud Security Manager at Thux
Has ensured compliance by centralizing log data and supporting secure connections
We currently do not use that feature. We currently have just an open-source release, not a premium release. My boss has indicated that he wants to buy a premium syslog-ng version next month. I think we can use other features of this tool in the future. In syslog-ng, I think a GUI would be beneficial. I am unsure if the premium module has a...
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Anton Kaiukov
Anton Kaiukov
Senior Software Engineer at Five9
Has consistently delivered excellent log processing performance and ease of...
What I appreciate most about syslog-ng is its configuration; its C-style config is much easier to understand, read, and write than other popular solutions such as syslog or rsyslog. It has numerous features and is very performant. This is why I chose syslog-ng, and this is why I am using it. Syslog-ng is easy to use. By looking at some...

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