Feature Matrix - Log Monitor & Export
Introduction
Log Monitor & Export supplies several versions called Enterprise, Professional. These versions contain different features and are ideal for users who either want a low-cost solution or are not interested in more advanced features.
This page lists the principal features of Log Monitor & Export and identifies those features that are not available in the corresponding version.
Log Monitor & Export users can upgrade to the higher version at any time, only by paying the difference in price between the versions. The actual software is identical since the software activation key is used to configure all editions. A code can be sent by email that allows the user to upgrade the software.
Feature set
The following table allows you to compare the main features in Log Monitor & Export and shows which of these are eliminated from the corresponding edition.
| Feature | Enterprise | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring multiple log files simultaneously | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited number of subfolders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Individual parameters for each source log file | ✓ | ✓ |
| Possibility to create fully different configurations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time or scheduled log files monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two scan modes (simple or shell) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Total/local/remote log files | Unlimited | 30/30/30 |
| Unlimited number of folder within configuration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aggregating data from all log files to one summary log file | ✓ | ✓ |
| General | ||
| Receive binary, text, and ASCII data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Output received data without any changes to file | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log rotation (depends on date or time, size, etc.) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log deletion | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log file access control | ✓ | ✓ |
| Configurable log file access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto program restart at the specified time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto data source reopening at the specified time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Program messages logging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simple, menu-driven step by step set-up | ✓ | ✓ |
| Capability to run multiple instances simultaneously so that multiple data sources can be logged | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save settings to INI-file | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save settings to Windows registry | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-line help | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows service mode | ||
| Windows Service | ✓ | ✓ |
| Starts as soon as the operating system starts and doesn't require a user to log in and run it | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data parser plugins (list) | ||
| Advanced data parsers that allow you to parse and filter data packets and extract the necessary values from them. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parsing of text log files. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parsing of CSV log files. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Predefined parsers for simple text files, Apache and etc. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Possibility to configure own parser. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data filter and modification plugins (list) | ||
| Expressions plugin allows using math, string, and boolean expression on parsed variables. | ✓ | |
| Deadband provides a method to exclude less significant data records from the final data export. | ✓ | |
| The Aggregator plugin allows you to combine data from several different parsed data records into one joint data record. | ✓ | |
| Data export plugins (list) | ||
| Data export to any ODBC-compatible database (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and many others) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data export to the most popular cloud databases (Microsoft Azure, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift) | ✓2) | ✓2) |
| OPC DA, UA or DDE servers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Write data directly to rows and columns of a Microsoft Excel file | ✓ | ✓ |
| Write parsed data to a file of Microsoft Excel, RTF, HTML, CSV, Plain text, Windows Clipboard, XML, PDF formats | ✓ | ✓ |
| Write parsed data to Google Sheets | ✓2) | ✓2) |
| Event plugins (list) | ||
| Send data to a remote server through email, HTTP POST, SFTP or FTP. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Execute programs or script | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send instant notifications and alarms through email, messengers (like Telegram, Slack), or SMS providers. | ✓ | ✓ |
2) All plugins with the "Professional" suffix are the paid option. They require a separate license.
4) You can add only this number of configurations. You may calculate the number of configurations in the "Options → Manage configurations" menu item. These configurations you may create using the "Plus" button in the main window.
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