Use self-hosted Loki when you need to own the log store and its operating model; otherwise, reach for a hosted app log search API when a small business needs incident evidence without becoming a storage-and-indexing operator. For app logging, the useful comparison is not "which service has the l...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/zylahmorn61835/hosted-app-log-search-apis-loki-and-elastic-cloud-alternatives-23k8)