Cribl
Security data pipeline platform for routing, reducing, and transforming observability data
ToolSecurity Data PipelineCloud, Self-hosted
Pricing: Free tier up to 1 TB per day. Standard tier up to 5 TB per day at 0.27 credits per GB ingested on cloud workers. Enterprise tier with no daily limit at 0.32 credits per GB on cloud workers or 0.26 credits per GB on hybrid workers. One credit equals one US dollar.
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What is Cribl?
Cribl Stream is a security data pipeline platform that gives organizations control over their observability and security data. It routes, reduces, transforms, and enriches data in flight between any source and any destination, helping teams optimize data volumes, reduce SIEM costs, and build flexible data architectures. Cribl enables security teams to send the right data to the right destination at the right time, eliminating vendor lock-in and reducing total data management costs.
Best for: Security data pipeline platform for routing, reducing, and transforming observability data
Pros
- Dramatically reduces SIEM ingest costs
- Vendor-agnostic routing to any destination
- Powerful data transformation and enrichment
- Free tier for small deployments
- Active community and extensive documentation
Things to check
- Adds another layer to manage in the data pipeline
- Enterprise pricing can be expensive at scale
- Steep learning curve for advanced pipeline logic
- Self-hosted deployment requires infrastructure expertise
- Limited built-in analytics. Requires downstream tools
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Key facts
- Pricing
- Free tier up to 1 TB per day. Standard tier up to 5 TB per day at 0.27 credits per GB ingested on cloud workers. Enterprise tier with no daily limit at 0.32 credits per GB on cloud workers or 0.26 credits per GB on hybrid workers. One credit equals one US dollar.
- Model
- Credit-based (per GB ingested)
- Founded
- 2018
- Cloud
- Yes
- Self-hosted
- Yes
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Certifications
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP Moderate