Proprietary tools for logging layers haven’t kept up with cloud-native trends, so many enterprises are turning to open source software to meet their logging requirements. These open source tools allow users to unify data streams from all network devices, firewalls, applications, and infrastructure data, and they are evolving alongside other open source projects already powering enterprises. In most cases, open source tools are no longer just replacements, rather more powerful offerings that can outperform their proprietary counterparts.