4. What's the cost comparison: Nodinite vs. Splunk vs. Application Insights for WCF logging?
Splunk: $24K/year license (500MB/day tier) + overage fees for 15GB/day WCF traces + $12K/year AWS S3 archival = $36K+/year. Payload truncation at 10KB (missing large SOAP envelopes). 90-day retention default (compliance risk). SPL query language learning curve (business users blocked).
Application Insights: $480/month base ($5,760/year) + $2.30/GB ingestion × 15GB/day × 365 days = $12,615/GB-year + $0.10/GB retention × 2 years = $30K+/year. 64KB payload limit (truncated SOAP faults). KQL queries (business users can't self-serve). Azure lock-in.
Nodinite: $3,600/year license (unlimited WCF services/servers) + $1,800/year SQL Server storage (10TB compressed to 2TB, 7-year retention) = $5,400/year. Unlimited payloads (no truncation). Business self-service Log Views (drop-downs, no query language). 85-95% savings.
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