Graylog

United States · www.graylog.org · 19 vendors

Graylog is an AI-powered Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and log management platform. It helps security and IT operations teams centralize and analyze event data to detect threats faster, investigate smarter, and manage data costs. The company provides solutions for security, compliance, operations, and DevOps, including open-source and enterprise offerings.

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Last updated 2026-07-09 · revision 6

19 direct vendors, 244 subvendors

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Migration Readiness: 9/10

Assessed by AI based on technology stack characteristics (cloud-native vs legacy, containerization, microservices), regulatory environment, data residency requirements, financial stability, and vendor lock-in risks. The score ranges from 0-10, where higher scores indicate better readiness for technology migration.

Graylog exhibits high migration readiness, primarily due to its highly modern and cloud-native technology stack. The internal tech stack leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Kubernetes, and Docker, indicating a containerized and microservices-oriented architecture that is highly portable. The company offers Graylog Cloud as a fully managed SaaS solution and supports flexible deployment options, including on-premises and customer-preferred cloud regions. Crucially, data lake backends can be configured on Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage in customer-specified regions, providing significant flexibility for data migration and multi-cloud strategies. Graylog's strong financial position, evidenced by its growth history and funding rounds, suggests ample resources to fund complex migration initiatives. While 'Total Vendors: 0' is listed, the presence of 'Vendor HQ Countries' across 6 unique countries and 'Vendor Geographic Diversity' suggests a varied vendor landscape, which can reduce dependence on any single vendor during migration. Potential challenges include the 'Assessment Required' status for NIS2, SOC2, and ISO 27001, which could add complexity and compliance considerations to migration planning. The specific vendor lock-in risk is also unknown, which could present unforeseen hurdles during a migration.

Compliance

8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

SOC 2 (source) — Compliant

Graylog has publicly and explicitly confirmed SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its Cloud platform environment. This is stated directly on the Graylog Cloud product page: 'SOC 2 Type 2–certified environment for compliance and assurance.' SOC 2 Type 2 is the most rigorous level of SOC 2 certification, requiring an independent auditor to assess the design AND operating effectiveness of controls over a period of time (typically 6–12 months). This significantly reduces compliance risk for the cloud offering. The risk is Low because: (1) certification is confirmed and publicly disclosed; (2) Type 2 (not just Type 1) demonstrates sustained operational controls; (3) the certification covers the cloud environment used by customers. Risk remains non-zero because the SOC 2 report itself is not publicly available (standard practice — shared under NDA with customers), and the scope of the certification (which Trust Service Criteria are covered) is not specified publicly.

Evidence: https://graylog.org/products/cloud/, https://graylog.org/legal/

NIST Cybersecurity Framework — Assessment Required

As a cybersecurity company providing SIEM and log management, Graylog's products are specifically designed to help customers achieve NIST CSF and NIST SP 800-53 compliance. Graylog itself, as a US-headquartered technology company, is expected to align its internal security practices with NIST frameworks. The risk is Low because: (1) NIST CSF is a voluntary framework for private sector companies (not a legal mandate for Graylog itself); (2) Graylog's SOC 2 Type 2 certification demonstrates alignment with security control frameworks; (3) Graylog's products actively support customer NIST compliance use cases. The framework is more relevant as a customer enablement tool than a direct regulatory obligation for Graylog.

Evidence: https://graylog.org/products/security/, https://graylog.org/products/cloud/

HIPAA (source) — Assessment Required

Graylog is not a healthcare company, but its SIEM and log management platform is actively marketed to and used by healthcare organizations (the homepage features a testimonial from 'T-IN in the Healthcare Industry' and UCSF is listed as a customer). When Graylog's platform processes, stores, or transmits Protected Health Information (PHI) on behalf of covered entities or business associates, Graylog itself becomes a Business Associate under HIPAA and must execute Business Associate Agreements (BAAs). The risk is Medium because: (1) healthcare is a confirmed customer vertical; (2) UCSF (a major academic medical center) is a named customer; (3) log management systems can ingest PHI-containing log data; (4) no public BAA template or HIPAA compliance statement was found on Graylog's website. Penalties for HIPAA violations range from $100 to $50,000 per violation, with annual caps up to $1.9M per violation category.

Evidence: https://graylog.org/, https://graylog.org/privacy-policy/

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 6/10

Graylog is a privately-held US cybersecurity software vendor with meaningful qualitative strengths but limited financial transparency. The company benefits from a large and sticky customer base of 60,000+ organizations across 180 countries, including blue-chip enterprises such as DHL, Deloitte, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Vodafone, and L'Oréal. Its open-core business model (Graylog Open feeding paid Enterprise, Security, and Cloud SKUs) provides a proven top-of-funnel motion, and the company has diversified product lines including SIEM, log management, API Security, and Cloud. Growth-equity backing from Silver Lake Waterman (~$39M in 2020) and earlier investors (Mercury Capital, Piton Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds), with total disclosed funding of approximately $70M, provides capital runway and governance discipline. Recognition in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM and a 4.6/5 Gartner Peer Insights rating validate the product's market position. However, the company faces intense competition from far larger, well-capitalized rivals including Splunk (Cisco), Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Elastic, Datadog, and IBM QRadar. Category consolidation pressure (SIEM+XDR+observability convergence) creates strategic risk for a mid-scale independent. The absence of public financial statements limits verifiability of profitability and burn, and the cloud transition combined with material EMEA FX exposure adds operational risk. Third-party estimates place revenue in the US$50–100M range, but this is not audited.

Key strengths: 60,000+ organizations across 180 countries provide diversified customer base, Open-core business model with strong community-to-paid conversion funnel, Growth-equity backing (~$70M total disclosed funding, Silver Lake Waterman lead), Recognition in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM, Diversified product portfolio: SIEM, log management, API Security, Cloud, Blue-chip enterprise customer roster (DHL, Deloitte, Siemens, Vodafone, L'Oréal)

Risk factors: Intense competition from Splunk/Cisco, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Elastic, Datadog, IBM QRadar, No public financial disclosures — inability to verify profitability, burn, or leverage, Category consolidation pressure toward larger integrated platforms, Cloud/SaaS transition is capital-intensive and can pressure near-term margins, FX exposure from material EMEA operations (EUR/GBP vs USD), Mid-scale independent status creates strategic pressure in consolidating market

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