# Papertrail pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 8 log management we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** papertrail.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Heroku, AWS, Syslog, Docker, Rails, Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, VictorOps, Python
**Best for:** Heroku-hosted apps needing instant, zero-config log aggregation; Small teams wanting simple, affordable syslog aggregation with long-term archiving; Developers who need real-time log tailing without infrastructure overhead
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | 50 MB/month log volume, 48-hour searchable window, 7-day archive. Unlimited systems and users. | getapp.com |
| 1 GB | $7 | — | flat | 1 GB/month log volume, 1-week searchable storage, 1-year archive. Encrypted logging, REST API, search alerts. | getapp.com |
| 2 GB | $18 | — | flat | 2 GB/month log volume, 1-week searchable storage, 1-year archive. | getapp.com |
| 4 GB | $35 | — | flat | 4 GB/month log volume, 2-week searchable storage, 1-year archive. | getapp.com |
| 8 GB | $75 | — | flat | 8 GB/month log volume, 2-week searchable storage, 1-year archive. | getapp.com |
| 16 GB | $150 | — | flat | 16 GB/month log volume, 2-week searchable storage, 1-year archive. | getapp.com |

**Key features:** Hosted syslog aggregation — supports UDP/TCP syslog from any device or app; 1-year long-term archive on all paid plans with encrypted log storage; Real-time tail and search with saved search alerts via email or webhooks; REST API for programmatic log access and search; Native Heroku add-on — zero-config log drain setup.

**Plan limits:** Free: 50 MB/month, 48-hour searchable window, 7-day archive; 1 GB plan: $7/month, 1-week searchable, 1-year archive; 4 GB plan: $35/month, 2-week searchable, 1-year archive; Unlimited systems and users on all plans.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Official pricing pages https://www.papertrail.com/plans/ and https://www.papertrail.com/pricing/ both returned HTTP 403 on 2026-06-14. Plans sourced from GetApp aggregator at https://www.getapp.com/it-management-software/a/papertrail/pricing/ (fetched 2026-06-14). Starting price of $7/month corroborated by Slashdot listing at https://slashdot.org/software/p/Papertrail/ and SourceForge at https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Papertrail/ both showing starting price $15/month (may reflect a higher introductory tier on those aggregators).
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/log-management/papertrail/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Papertrail's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/log-management/papertrail/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl