Log management without the SIEM tax
The Challenge
Modern environments don't sit still, but many log management tools haven’t changed. The result is rising costs, falling visibility, and engineers spending more time babysitting the log pipeline
than getting value from it.
Complex Environments Are Increasingly Difficult to Manage
Logs come from everywhere. Stitching all of that together with collectors, agents, and forwarders becomes a full-time job.
Unpredictable SIEM Pricing
Data volume-based pricing, feature tiers, ingestion limits, and hidden retention costs can lead to unwanted surprises.
Limited Pipeline Visibility
Pipelines span many systems, apps, and teams. When there’s an issue, most sources fail silently because there’s no pipeline observability.
One-size-fits-all Storage
Data centralization and mixing low-utility logs with high-value telemetry results in a data swamp, increasing costs.
The Solution
A log management platform designed for modern environments with unified collection, visibility across every data flow, tiered storage, and pricing built for capacity, not surprises.
Centralized Control Plane for Ingestion
Replace distributed collectors with a unified ingestion layer that provides declarative configurations and centralised routing policies.
Linear Pricing Structure
Unlike consumption-based licensing common in most SIEMs, Axoflow’s transparent tiers mean data reduction yields up to 50% savings
Complete Pipeline Visibility
Axoflow provides detailed metrics on data volume, event types, and transformation stages. You can visualize what’s contributing most to ingestion size and adjust filters or parsers.
Tiered Storage
Keep log data where it’s cheapest and most useful. Meet PCI, HIPAA, SOX and other retention requirements without breaking your budget. Data is accessible with federated search and the ability to route or rehydrate only what you need.
FAQs
What is log management, and how is it different from a SIEM?
Log management is the practice of collecting, storing, and searching log data from across your environment. A SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform layers security analytics, correlation rules, and threat detection on top of that foundation. The challenge is that many teams end up paying SIEM prices for what is essentially log management work, since SIEMs typically charge based on ingested data volume. A dedicated log management platform handles the collect, store, and search use case without the premium pricing model that SIEMs apply.
Why are my log management costs growing faster than my infrastructure?
Most SIEM and log platforms use consumption-based pricing tied to data volume, which means every new service, container, or workload directly increases your bill. Add in feature tiers, ingestion limits, and retention surcharges, and costs scale unpredictably. Axoflow uses a linear pricing structure built around capacity rather than volume, so reducing low-value data through filtering and routing translates into real savings, up to 50% in many cases.
How does a centralized control plane improve on traditional collectors and agents?
Traditional log pipelines rely on a patchwork of collectors, forwarders, and agents that each need to be configured, updated, and monitored individually. A centralized control plane replaces that sprawl with a single ingestion layer using declarative configurations and centralized routing policies. Engineers define what they want once, and the platform handles distribution, freeing teams from day-to-day pipeline maintenance.
What does "pipeline visibility" mean in practice?
It means you can see what's actually happening to your data as it moves from source to storage. Axoflow surfaces metrics on data volume, event types, and each transformation stage along the way. If a source goes silent, a parser misbehaves, or one log type is suddenly dominating ingestion, you'll see it instead of discovering the problem after an audit or outage. This is the visibility gap that causes most pipeline issues to go undetected until they become incidents.
What is tiered storage, and how does it help with compliance?
Tiered storage lets you keep different log data in the most appropriate, cost-effective location based on how often it's accessed and how long it needs to be retained. High-value telemetry can stay in fast, searchable storage, while low-utility logs needed for PCI, HIPAA, or SOX retention can sit in cheaper archival tiers. Federated search keeps everything accessible, and you can rehydrate specific data and send it to your SIEM only when you actually need it, rather than paying to keep everything hot.
How does data reduction actually work without losing information I need?
Data reduction in Axoflow happens through filtering, routing, and transformation policies applied automatically after ingestion. You decide which logs are high-value and need full retention, which can be summarized, and which can be dropped entirely. Because the control plane gives you visibility into what each source is contributing, these decisions are based on real data rather than guesswork.