Alternative Solutions

Describes similarities and differences with other solutions (as of 06/2023).

FeaturesSubstationCribl CloudDatadog Observability PipelinesAWS Security Lake
OverviewOpen-source data pipeline and transformation toolkit
that runs on the AWS serverless stack.
Managed event stream processing service that runs in the cloud.On-premise data pipeline solution designed to collect, process, and route logs and metrics.Managed service for centralizing and normalizing AWS event logs.
Sources & SinksFocused on deep integrations with AWS services, with some support for non-cloud services.Focused on breadth across cloud and non-cloud service providers.Focused on breadth across cloud and non-cloud service providers.Focused on deep integrations with AWS services.
Data TransformationFocused on data evaluation, manipulation, and enrichment with support for filtering and aggregation.Focused on data filtering and aggregation, with some support for manipulation and enrichment.Focused on data filtering and aggregation, with some support for manipulation and enrichment.Focused on data normalization with no support for manipulation and enrichment.
AdministrationAll infrastructure and configurations are managed as code with observability provided by AWS CloudWatch and X-Ray.GUI-driven with GitOps support.Deployed using Helm charts on Kubernetes with GUI support for observability.Managed by AWS.
Cost$0.025/GB$0.35/GB$0.095/GB$0.75/GB (CloudTrail) + $0.25/GB