ManageEngine Log360 pricing in 2026: cloud editions, on-prem cost, and the per-source model
The independent ManageEngine Log360 pricing reference. Log360 Cloud Professional versus Enterprise priced per log source, the on-premises per-resource model with annual and perpetual options, storage add-ons, and real cost scenarios for SMB and mid-market compliance buyers. Rates verified against ManageEngine's published pricing, August 2026.
Figures from ManageEngine's own pricing pages: Log360 Cloud pricing (Professional and Enterprise, per log source) and on-premises pricing (per monitored resource, annual or perpetual). Confirm current rates against a quote for your resource mix.
How Log360 pricing actually works
ManageEngine sells Log360 in two shapes with two different meters. Log360 Cloud is priced per log source across two editions, Professional and Enterprise. The on-premises product is priced per monitored resource, counting domain controllers, Windows file servers, log sources, cloud accounts, and endpoints, with a separate line for Active Directory backup and recovery by domain controller. Neither meter is per gigabyte or per event, which is the single most important thing to understand: Log360 cost scales with how much you monitor, not how much data flows.
On the cloud side, Professional starts at $1,095 per year for 10 log sources and scales to $19,595 per year at 250 sources. Enterprise runs from $1,395 to $24,995 per year across the same source bands, adding user and entity behaviour analytics, advanced threat analytics, and deeper correlation. Storage is billed separately: search (hot) storage is $10 per GB per year on Professional and $13 on Enterprise, while archival storage is $0.25 per GB per year on both editions. Billing is annual for the standard published plans.
On the on-premises side, the model is per-resource with both annual and perpetual options. A representative point is two domain controllers at $945 per year or $2,866 perpetual, and the lowest listed on-premises price is $245 per year (for example, 100 endpoints, or two AD backup and recovery domain controllers). Because the licence tracks resources rather than volume, a Windows and Active Directory heavy estate can be covered predictably without the volume risk of a per-GB SIEM.
Above the published bands, ManageEngine builds a tailored proposal. The company states its team can size a licence to your environment, compliance requirements, and budget through a request-a-quote flow. For most SMB and mid-market buyers, though, the published source bands are the real price, which is why Log360 is one of the more transparent options in a category where enterprise SIEM pricing is usually quote-only.
Log360 Cloud pricing by log-source band
| Log sources | Professional (annual) | Enterprise (annual) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 log sources | $1,095/yr | $1,395/yr |
| 25 log sources | $2,695/yr | $3,495/yr |
| 50 log sources | $5,295/yr | $6,795/yr |
| 100 log sources | $8,995/yr | $11,695/yr |
| 250 log sources | $19,595/yr | $24,995/yr |
ManageEngine Log360 Cloud published rates, annual billing. Search storage add-on: $10/GB/yr (Professional), $13/GB/yr (Enterprise). Archival storage: $0.25/GB/yr both editions.
Real Log360 cost scenarios
| Profile | Deployment | Cost | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small IT team | On-prem, 2 domain controllers | $945/yr or $2,866 perpetual | AD auditing focus; on-prem meters per resource, not per GB |
| SMB compliance | Log360 Cloud, 10 sources, Professional | $1,095/yr | Predictable per-source pricing; add search storage at $10/GB/yr |
| Mid-market | Log360 Cloud, 50 sources, Enterprise | $6,795/yr | UEBA and advanced correlation included in Enterprise |
| Larger estate | Log360 Cloud, 100 sources, Enterprise | $11,695/yr | Still well below per-GB enterprise SIEM at similar coverage |
| Enterprise | Log360 Cloud, 250 sources, Enterprise | $24,995/yr | Above this ManageEngine builds a tailored quote |
Four Log360 cost optimisations that genuinely work
Count log sources honestly, not devices
Directly on licenceLog360 Cloud meters on log sources, not events per second or gigabytes. A single high-volume source costs the same licence slot as a quiet one, so the lever is source count discipline: consolidate where a syslog relay can forward several low-value devices as one source, and drop sources that add no detection or compliance value. Map your real source list before you buy the tier.
Right-tier Professional versus Enterprise
20-25% at each bandThe Enterprise edition adds UEBA, advanced threat analytics, and deeper correlation on top of Professional. For teams whose need is compliance reporting and AD change auditing rather than behavioural analytics, Professional covers the requirement at roughly 20-25 percent less per band. Re-evaluate at renewal rather than defaulting to Enterprise.
Size search storage separately
On the add-on meterSearch (hot) storage is billed at $10/GB/yr on Professional and $13/GB/yr on Enterprise, while archival storage is $0.25/GB/yr on both. Keep only the retention you actively query in search storage and push compliance-only retention to the archival tier, where the per-GB rate is roughly 40x cheaper.
Weigh perpetual against annual on-prem
Deal-dependentThe on-premises product offers both annual and perpetual licences (for example, 2 domain controllers at $945/yr or $2,866 perpetual, roughly a three-year breakeven). If the deployment is long-lived and the estate is stable, perpetual plus annual maintenance can undercut recurring annual licensing; if the environment is changing, annual keeps you flexible.
When Log360 is the right SIEM
Log360 wins for Windows and Active Directory heavy SMB and mid-market organisations whose binding need is compliance reporting, AD change auditing, and predictable pricing. The per-source and per-resource meters make budgeting straightforward, the compliance templates cover the common frameworks out of the box, and the cloud editions give a genuine published rate card in a category where almost every competitor is quote-only. For a 50 to 100 source estate, the total is a known number rather than a volume gamble.
Log360 is less compelling for very high volume, cloud-native telemetry and large-scale threat hunting. Once ingestion is dominated by high-cardinality cloud and application logs, and the security team wants a broad detection-as-code or security-data-lake practice, per-GB platforms and cloud-native SIEMs (Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle, Panther) offer more analytical depth. The right test is whether your requirement is compliance-grade log management with strong AD auditing, where Log360 fits cleanly, or high-volume security analytics, where a data-platform SIEM is the better shape.