Event Viewer Alternatives

Event Viewer is described as 'Advanced tool that displays detailed information about significant events on your computer. It can be helpful when troubleshooting problems and errors with Windows and other programs' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Event Viewer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and SaaS apps. The best Event Viewer alternative is ESET SysInspector, which is free. Other great apps like Event Viewer are Event Log Explorer, Sigma, LastActivityView and MyEventViewer.

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  1. ESET SysInspector is a free, state of the art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is also an integral part of ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4. It peers into your operating system and captures details such as running processes, registry content, startup items...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Event Log Explorer is an effective software solution for viewing, monitoring and analyzing events recorded in Security, System, Application and other logs of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Event Log Explorer greatly extends standard Windows Event Viewer monitoring...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Sigma icon
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    Sigma is a generic and open signature format that allows you to describe relevant log events in a straightforward manner. The rule format is very flexible, easy to write and applicable to any type of log file.

    14 Sigma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. LastActivityView is a tool for Windows operating system that collects information from various sources on a running system, and displays a log of actions made by the user and events occurred on this computer. The activity displayed by LastActivityView includes: Running .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. MyEventViewer icon
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    MyEventViewer is a simple alternative to the standard event viewer of Windows. As opposed to Windows event viewer, MyEventViewer allows you to watch multiple event logs in one list, as well as the event description and data are displayed in the main window, instead of opening a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Security Event Manager (formerly Log & Event Manager) is an affordable and easy-to-use SIEM tool, a hardened virtual appliance with encryption capabilities for data in transit and at rest, SSO/smart card integration, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Logs icon
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    Logs is a viewer for the systemd journal.

    15 Logs alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
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    Comments about Logs as an Alternative to Event Viewer
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    Gnome logs is not a windows application

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    • Logs is Free and Open SourceEvent Viewer is Free and Proprietary
  8. Nagios Log Server is a powerful enterprise-class log monitoring and management application that allows organizations to quickly and easily view, sort, and configure logs from any source on any given network.

    68 Nagios Log Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Windows Event Viewer Plus, a portable freeware app that lets you view Event Logs faster than the default in-built Windows Event Viewer and do more with them!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. An application to view live log files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. View, analyze and monitor events recorded in Microsoft Windows event logs with Event Log Observer, a powerful software tool that helps you find and analyze security warnings, problems and any other events that occur within Windows operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. A simple tool for Windows 10/8/7/Vista that displays in a table the details of all events from the event logs of Windows, including the event description.

    12 FullEventLogView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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