Report by Dynatrace
State of Log Management in 2026
Key Findings
More than a quarter of organizations burn engineering cycles just keeping multiple observability tools running across environments.
Organizations use an average of seven different tools to manage logs and telemetry.
80% of senior technology leaders say turning telemetry into actionable insights is negatively impacting customer experience and delaying AI initiatives.
Roughly a third of organizations pay for redundant or underutilized observability features.
Organizations exclude an average of 86% of log data to manage costs and system limitations.
Nearly three-quarters of senior technology leaders say AI workloads require a platform-based approach to log management.
AI workloads drive a 93% increase in log volume over the last 12 months.
Technology teams spend an average of nearly $2.5 million annually on logging solutions.
81% of senior technology leaders believe log ingestion and processing must be open and automated for real-time analysis.
Nearly half of organizations discard or do not collect logs to manage cost and system limitations.