
Legacy platforms make you index and pay for every log line before you can alert on it. SmartHub inspects logs at full scale, in-stream — so you can act instantly, then decide what's worth keeping.
Regulations like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOX require you to retain logs for years. Storing these in a SaaS observability platform leads to massive per-GB ingestion and storage fees. SmartHub’s routing engine lets you enforce retention policies based on data sensitivity—ensuring compliance while keeping costs rock-bottom.
| Log Category | SaaS Vendor Destination | Low-Cost Destination |
|---|---|---|
| Operational | Debugging | YES. Real-time indexing, alerting, tracing | NO. High volume, low retention value |
| Security | Audit | YES. Short-term, for incident correlation | YES. Long-term, 7-year archive |
| PII | PHI | NO. Never leaves the network unredacted | YES. Encrypted, audit-only access |
| Pure Noise | NO. Low signal, high cost | NO. Discarded in-stream |