ELMAH vs Grafana

ELMAH

Description: ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) is an open source logging application block for ASP.NET web applications. It allows developers to log details of any unhandled exceptions that occur in their web apps and APIs.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Grafana

Description: Grafana is an open source analytics and monitoring visualization tool. It allows you to query, visualize, alert on and understand metrics from various data sources like Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Graphite, and more. Grafana makes it easy to create dashboards with drilling down capabilities as well as share visualizations with non-technical team members.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source (self-hosted) and Freemium (Grafana Cloud free tier), with Paid tiers for advanced features and enterprise support

ELMAH Features

• Automatic logging of nearly all unhandled exceptions
• Log filtering based on exception type, HTTP status code, etc.
• Support for multiple storage backends like SQL Server, text files, etc.
• Email notifications for new error logs
• RSS feeds of latest errors
• Customizable error handling and logging
• Integration with log analysis tools like ELMAH Dashboard

Grafana Features

• Visualization of time series data
• Support for multiple data sources
• Annotation and alerting capabilities
• Dashboard creation and sharing
• Plugin ecosystem for extensibility

ELMAH

• Open Source

Grafana

• Open Source (self-hosted) and Freemium (Grafana Cloud free tier), with Paid tiers for advanced features and enterprise support