# VictoriaLogs

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/victorialogs/

8 people recommended VictoriaLogs in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-source log database people recommend for storing large volumes of logs compactly and running it simply, often as an alternative to Elastic.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple to set up and run (4 comments in the sample): "It really is incredible technology in how simple and easy to operate it is." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774087)) "it was just easy to set up once I put my mind to it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48192183)) "So this is simpler and less learning curve." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746233))
- Compact columnar storage saves disk (2 comments in the sample): "it stores logs in column-oriented compressed format, so they occupy small amounts of disk space" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311483)) "wants saving 2x-4x on the persistent storage pricing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689563))

## Other log analytics platforms people recommend

- [Grafana Loki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/loki/): 16 recommend, 1 mixed, 7 criticize
- [ELK stack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elk/): 7 recommend, 5 mixed, 7 criticize
- [Splunk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/splunk/): 5 recommend, 1 mixed, 19 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "VictoriaLogs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/victorialogs/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.