Retention & Pricing
Log retention policies and pricing for SMLL log management.
Retention
All logs are retained for 30 days by default. This applies to all plans, including the free tier.
- Logs older than 30 days are automatically deleted
- There is no way to extend retention beyond 30 days currently
- Deleted logs cannot be recovered
Pricing
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Log ingestion | $0.10 per GB |
| 30-day retention | Included free |
| Search & streaming | Included free |
Log ingestion is measured by the uncompressed size of log data sent from your services. Compression is applied internally for storage efficiency, but billing is based on the ingested volume.
Estimating log volume
Typical log volumes by application type:
| Application type | Typical volume |
|---|---|
| Low-traffic API | 10–50 MB/day |
| Medium web app | 50–500 MB/day |
| High-traffic service | 500 MB–5 GB/day |
| Debug-level logging | 5–50 GB/day |
Reducing log volume
To reduce log ingestion costs:
- Avoid logging at DEBUG level in production
- Don't log full request/response bodies for API calls
- Use structured logging and avoid duplicate log lines
- Log meaningful events, not every function entry/exit