#7 of 20 infrastructure monitoring tools · Updated October 2026
ScienceLogic review 2026
ScienceLogic Skylar One (formerly SL1 / EM7) · MSP-grade AIOps platform
ScienceLogic ranks #7 of 20 infrastructure monitoring tools in the Infrastructure Monitoring Ledger 2026, with a Ledger Index of 71.2 out of 100. ScienceLogic Skylar One is one of the broadest AIOps platforms here and ships on schedule, but it had an exploited zero-day in 2024 and forces OS upgrades.
Scores
Source: Infrastructure Monitoring Ledger 2026, edition 2026-10-04. How each score works: methodology.
Pros
- Automation and remediation5/5
- Server, virtualization and storage4.5/5
- Network monitoring4.5/5
- Data collection and scale4.5/5
Cons
No domain scores 2.5 or lower out of 5. Check the lock-in and buying notes below.
What the Ledger says
ScienceLogic is turning SL1, now Skylar One, into an AIOps platform where log-based root cause, a generative assistant and an MCP server sit on a multi-tenant monitoring core. Since 2023 it has shipped on schedule, adding config compliance, OpenTelemetry, Proxmox and MCP, but it also had an exploited zero-day on the CISA KEV list in 2024 and imposed OS upgrades. Buyers get one of the broadest feature sets in this Ledger, at the cost of appliance coupling, proprietary PowerPacks and top-tier pricing for the AI features.
AI say-do: 2 tracked, 2 GA (Automated RCA, Skylar Advisor), 0-1 month lag per the AI evidence; the release record shows Advisor as preview in 12.4 (2024-12) and GA in 12.6 (2025-10). The AI is ML anomaly detection, Zebrium log-based root cause and a generative assistant that triggers remediation on approval.
Capability by area
Buying, lock-in and release record
Buying and licence (commercial risk)(lower is better)
- Price and licence volatility2
- No metric change documented; AI and compliance placed in the Premier tier; SL1 renamed Skylar One 2025
- Purchase constraints4
- Subscription only, tiered by device category; about $25,000-50,000 a year entry
- Channel and access3
- Docs public; prices unpublished; sold direct and through certified partners; no public trial found
- Owner stability3
- Private, venture and growth funded ($105M Series E led by Silver Lake Waterman, 2021); no exit announced
- Cost of staying supported3
- Forced OS upgrades; Automated RCA, Compliance and Advisor need the top tier
Technical lock-in(lower is better)
- Formats4
- Monitoring logic in proprietary PowerPacks (XML, JSON, Python); proprietary MariaDB schema
- Export path3.5
- Data readable via REST and GraphQL; no export or import tools for other products
- Stack coupling4
- Own appliance OS, database and collectors; standard SNMP, WMI, OpenTelemetry and gNMI intake
- Hardware / cloud coupling2
- Virtual or physical appliances on any hypervisor; air-gapped supported
- Skills and tooling coupling3.5
- Dynamic Application and PowerFlow authoring skills are vendor-specific
Release credibility
- Cadence4
- Two named releases a year from 8.x to 12.7, dates kept
- Roadmap transparency3
- Public release notes per version; direction shown at Symposium and webinars; no public roadmap
- Say-do4.5
- 7 of 7 items 2023-2026 shipped with 0-1 month lag; Skylar Advisor came as preview in 12.4, GA only in 12.6
- Velocity4.5
- Several capabilities per release: NCM, log root cause, OpenTelemetry, Proxmox, MCP in 2022-2026
- Lifecycle stability3
- Forced moves to Oracle Linux 8 (12.1) and 9 (12.7); classic UI and Data Pull removed; three product names
Partners and services
- Partner programme openness3.5
- Widely used by MSPs and integrators (Cisco, CDW, NTT); programme terms not documented
- Multi-tenancy and self-service4.5
- Native multi-tenant organisations, hierarchical RBAC and automated client onboarding
- API and infrastructure-as-code4
- REST and GraphQL APIs, PowerFlow, Terraform and Ansible modules
- Skills and certification3.5
- ScienceLogic Certified Professional and Expert credentials
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Is ScienceLogic any good?
ScienceLogic ranks #7 of 20 infrastructure monitoring tools in the Infrastructure Monitoring Ledger 2026, with a Ledger Index of 71.2 out of 100. Its strongest areas are automation and remediation, server, virtualization and storage, network monitoring.
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How is ScienceLogic licensed and sold?
No metric change documented; AI and compliance placed in the Premier tier; SL1 renamed Skylar One 2025.
How much lock-in does ScienceLogic bring?
ScienceLogic scores 17 out of 25 on technical lock-in (lower is better). Export path: Data readable via REST and GraphQL; no export or import tools for other products.
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