Monitoring & Observability · Centralised logging

Amazon CloudWatch Logs vs Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) vs Cloud Logging

Centralised logging, side by side on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.

Monitoring & Observability

Centralised logging

Exact match

AWS

Amazon CloudWatch Logs

Azure

Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics)

Google Cloud

Cloud Logging

What's different

Azure queries use KQL; Google Log Analytics uses SQL; CloudWatch Logs Insights has its own query language.

Quick answers

What is the Azure equivalent of Amazon CloudWatch Logs?
The Azure equivalent of Amazon CloudWatch Logs is Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics). They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon CloudWatch Logs?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon CloudWatch Logs is Cloud Logging. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Azure Monitor Logs?
The AWS equivalent of Azure Monitor Logs is Amazon CloudWatch Logs. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Azure Monitor Logs?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Azure Monitor Logs is Cloud Logging. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Cloud Logging?
The AWS equivalent of Cloud Logging is Amazon CloudWatch Logs. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Azure equivalent of Cloud Logging?
The Azure equivalent of Cloud Logging is Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics). They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.