Web Server Log Tools reviews

It is tedious to view a record file. The record file is disgusting, contains too much information, often make people very headache. Fortunately, these boring jobs have to do, using some log analysis tools, not only can use the log information for debugging and can provide more content. They can be used to make a variety of meaningful reports. There are a lot of tools used to analyze server logs. This article will focus on these tools and their direction of development.

Before evaluating these packages, determine which log types you want to use to analyze them. Although most log analysis software does not only support Web server logs, this article discusses only the logging of Web servers. The logging analysis software can display all the information from the IP address connected to the server to the type of file accessed in detail in the pie chart. Most popular Web log analytics tools are trying to get as much information out of the log as possible, but few tools are available to make the data readable.

Some record-analysis packages do not differentiate between the original file itself and the associated information. Displaying data in a pleasing way is a very important feature. Every time a user interface designer creates a new paradigm, it becomes a standard for other designers to emulate. Some network logging analysis programs do better in this regard than other programs.

Webalizer is one of the most popular records analysis tools. A lot of people like this tool, because the software is written in C language, the speed of running very fast. However, the graphics for this tool software are not ideal. The GD graphics library of the software provides some readable charts. However, these charts are not as appealing from an aesthetic standpoint. The reports themselves are sufficient to provide important data points, such as "what page to visit" and "What is our click rate" to give people a quick overview of the Web records. This information is not overwhelmed by the proper use of this tool software. Webalizer is a good tool for software. But the software's mediocre graphical interface and lack of statistical data have made it only three stars in our five-star scoring system.

Level of logging analysis tool software

Tools Star Status

Analog 4 Open source software, free

AWStats 5 open source software, free

Summary 4 Commercial software, 30-day trial version

Webalizer 3 Open source software, free

WebTrends 4 Commercial Software

The analog tool software, supported by a handful of diehard enthusiasts, is another promising competitor. Analog tool Software as much as possible to show users every kind of information. While It also illustrates a good example of showing a lot of information to ordinary users. By default, all information is displayed on the same page. The user clicks the navigation bar at the top of the page to select a specific report that is connected to the next part of the report. Analog's merit is that each part of the page has a navigation bar at the top, simplifying navigation to some extent.
A more interesting list of analog is the number of clicks from each country, the search engine queries that bring users to the site, and the browser software and operating system that visitors use. This software can display all the information in the Web server record. The graphical interface of the software is slightly improved than the Webalizer software based on the GD graphics library. However, pie icons and bar charts are far from ideal. Analog contains a lot of useful information, and the navigation function is OK. We think the software should get four stars in the five-star rating.

Summary is a commercial log analysis tool with a 30-day free trial period. This software contains all the possible information and provides a list option in the form of a text page for the user to click and view. For example, when you click on a "peak bandwidth" link, you are directed to a page that lists bandwidth for different periods of time, and each entry has a small strip shape, but the graphics in the summary software are very small. Here, small is not a flaw. On the contrary, the summary software looks very appropriate in appearance. However, the entire graphical user interface is cumbersome to use. It took us a long time to browse through the reports we need to see. The price of summary software is not too high, the report is very suitable. We rated the software as a four-star rating of five stars.

If WebTrends is not involved, any discussion of the Web Log Analysis tool is incomplete. As a commercial software webtrends, it has won a lot of praise for its complete function. The software's website claims that it has increased returns on investment, even claiming that "this is a perfect network analytics tool". Unsurprisingly, WebTrends does not apply to small institutions with little money. This software demonstrates the excellent GUI design of this software in the online demo, and this GUI design is really very good. The company's claims of usability also seem to be based on it. The software even contains a way to access all the data generated by a network server record. The WebTrends software has been in service for more than 10 years and is well matched with IIS servers. According to the impression we get from the network demo of this software, we rated the Software as four stars in the five-star grade.

Of these Web log analytics tools, Awstats is the best of all the free log analytics software we've seen. Awstats is also the only application in the list that has been written in the Perl language. This software has a very good graphical interface and displays information in excellent form. By browsing, users will be able to see all available reports, and can seamlessly switch between these reports. Many users are surprised by the amount of detailed data that the software extracts from the log file. The already very satisfying GUI has also added small browser logos and flags of various countries. Awstats contains all the functionality of the other software mentioned above, and its format is readable. We rated the software as a five-star software.

Of course, there are countless other record-analysis procedures. However, several of the tools mentioned above are most commonly used.

Compatibility is often a key issue. However, compatibility is not a big problem in logging analysis tools. The Apache network server produces records in a standardized format called the NCSA record file. Most of the profiling tools listed here also support the IIS format for the rich-book compatibility log.

In future articles, we will explore other types of record files that these tools software can explore, including email and FTP server log files.