An AxoSyslog alternative for estates that are not only Linux

Axoflow's own supported platforms page lists Linux and macOS, on x86_64 and ARM. NXLog Agent runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, and Solaris, across x86, ARM, IBM POWER, and SPARC hardware. Most estates are wider than two operating systems, and the collection layer should be wide enough to cover them.

AxoSyslog has no Windows build in either edition. Axoflow's answer is a separate OpenTelemetry Collector distribution that forwards into AxoSyslog. NXLog Agent collects Windows natively in the same binary and the same configuration language: Event Log with fine-grained queries, ETW providers, EVTX files, file integrity and Registry changes, and native DNS and DHCP parsing.

Covering a mixed estate on Axoflow means AxoSyslog syntax for syslog and OpenTelemetry Collector configuration for Windows, with AxoRouter and AxoConsole on top once you want them managed together. Worth asking who maintains each part, and what happens when that person leaves. NXLog is one language everywhere, so the person who can read the Linux config can read the Windows one.

AxoSyslog is a daemon you configure per host. Central enrollment, versioned configuration push, agent health monitoring, and per-agent volume reporting come with NXLog Platform, in the same purchase as the agent. Deploy it as your own instance and keep management and data under your control.

Matching an AxoSyslog tier plus retention means adding AxoStore or AxoLake: a second product and a second commercial conversation. NXLog Platform includes collection, storage, and search together. There is no separate lake to buy.

NXLog Platform lists its prices: $5.58 per source per month at 100 sources, a free plan for up to 10 sources, and a 30-day trial with no credit card. AxoSyslog Core is free and open source; AxoSyslog CV pricing is not published, so you will need a call to learn it.

Deploy the same lightweight agent on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, and Solaris, on x86, ARM, IBM POWER, and SPARC hardware. Enroll each agent to NXLog Platform for central configuration, monitoring, and updates. One codebase, one configuration language, one place to manage the fleet.

Collect the Event Log with fine-grained queries, subscribe to ETW providers, read EVTX files, watch files and Registry keys for changes, capture network traffic passively, and parse Microsoft DNS and DHCP logs natively. Prefer agentless? NXLog also receives events over Windows Event Forwarding.

NXLog Agent reads the macOS Unified Logging System and the Apple Endpoint Security framework, Linux Audit, BSM auditing on Solaris and FreeBSD, and AIX kernel audit logs. If it runs in your estate, you can collect from it.

NXLog's configuration language filters, rewrites, enriches, correlates, and de-duplicates events on the agent itself. Drop noise before it leaves the host, mask sensitive fields early, and convert between syslog, JSON, CSV, XML, CEF, and LEEF wherever it makes sense in the route.

Every NXLog pipeline is explicit configuration: versionable, reviewable, and testable before rollout. When an auditor asks why a particular field was dropped from a log, the answer is a line in a file you can show them, with a change ticket attached.

NXLog Agent receives and sends OTLP over gRPC and HTTP for logs, metrics, and traces, so it drops into an OpenTelemetry pipeline rather than competing with one. Ready-made solution packs move Windows, macOS, Linux, and syslog data to OpenTelemetry backends, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Google SecOps in a few configuration steps.