FAQ
Managed Seq hosting, answered
The common questions about running Seq on SEQHost — what you get, what you bring, and how it all works. Still curious? Join the waitlist below.
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Is SEQHost the real Seq or a clone/compatible API?
- It’s the real Seq — the genuine Seq server, running official, unmodified releases. Not a clone and not a compatible API, so Serilog, NLog, OpenTelemetry, and seqcli work with zero client changes, and every library, signal, and dashboard behaves exactly as documented.
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Do I need my own Seq license, and which edition?
- Yes — licensing is bring-your-own and comes straight from Datalust. Solo developers can use Datalust’s free Individual edition (single user), which needs no key, so the Dev tier is complete at its listed price. Teams bring a Datalust Team subscription (or higher) and paste the key into the portal. How many people can use the Seq UI is governed by your Seq license, not by our hosting tiers.
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How do I point Serilog / NLog / OpenTelemetry / seqcli at a hosted instance?
- Aim your logger at your instance’s dedicated ingestion endpoint and add your API key — no client changes, because it speaks native Seq. For example, Serilog uses WriteTo.Seq("https://<id>.in.us1.seqhost.net", apiKey: "<your-key>"). NLog, OpenTelemetry (OTLP), and seqcli target the same endpoint. The docs include a quickstart for each.
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How are backups and version upgrades handled?
- We handle both. Every instance gets daily backups with restore and 30-day retention, plus managed Seq version upgrades and 24/7 health monitoring. During an upgrade the ingestion gateway keeps accepting your logs — buffering and replaying them once the instance is back, so events are never dropped.
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What does managed Seq hosting cost?
- Flat per-instance plans sized by compute and storage — no per-GB ingestion fees, so you can log as much as your disk holds. Early-access drafts run from a free 14-day trial through Dev (~$19/mo), Team (~$79/mo), and Business (~$249/mo). Pricing covers hosting only; bring your own Seq license. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.
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Where is my data stored — is it single-tenant?
- Each instance is dedicated and single-tenant, with its own disk and in-region backups — no shared Seq, ever. Data is hosted in a US region at launch; EU residency is on the roadmap.
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