Features

Everything Seq does — operated for you

The instance is genuine, unmodified Seq, so every library, signal and dashboard works as documented. What we add is everything around it: provisioning, a stable ingestion gateway, backups, monitoring and per-tenant isolation.

MVP at launch · GA as we exit beta

Provisioning & lifecycle

Stand up a real Seq instance in minutes and manage its whole life from the portal.

Self-service creation in minutes

MVP

Pick a region and size; a pipeline provisions a dedicated Seq instance. No tickets, no waiting.

Dedicated subdomain with TLS

MVP

Each instance gets https://<id>.us1.seqhost.net with HTTPS enforced and HTTP redirected. Region is visible in the hostname.

Official Seq, current on create

MVP

We track Datalust’s stable channel and provision the current official release — the genuine server, unmodified.

Stop / start / restart

MVP

Pause compute to save money while keeping your storage; restart on demand from the portal.

Multiple instances per account

MVP

Run one isolated instance per client or project under a single account and invoice.

Delete with grace period

MVP

Deletion takes a final backup and holds your data through a grace window before anything is destroyed.

Resize CPU / RAM

GA

Move between sizes with a brief restart; your storage is unaffected.

Online storage expansion

GA

Grow disk without data loss when a log server fills up — the #1 operational risk, handled.

Managed version upgrades

GA

Customer-triggered upgrades with per-instance version pinning and a supported-version floor.

Log ingestion

Point your existing logger at a stable endpoint. Zero client changes, full Seq semantics.

Standard Seq HTTPS ingestion

MVP

Works with Serilog, NLog, OpenTelemetry, and seqcli exactly as documented — it is real Seq ingestion over port 443.

Stable per-tenant ingestion hostname

MVP

A gateway endpoint that outlives instance restarts and upgrades, so your logger config never has to change.

Dynamic level control

MVP

Seq’s MinimumLevelAccepted is served back on ingest responses — Serilog’s dynamic leveling works as if you self-hosted.

Native Seq API keys

MVP

Manage API keys inside Seq as normal: filters, level overrides, and per-key quotas all work.

Misconfiguration guard

MVP

Direct unbuffered ingestion is blocked by default with an actionable error, with a per-tenant opt-in toggle.

Zero-loss buffering during maintenance

MVP

Events queue while your instance upgrades or restarts, then drain — nothing dropped.

Ingestion volume visibility

GA

Events and bytes per day from gateway metering, broken down buffered vs. direct, with blocked-attempt alerts.

The Seq experience

Everything Seq does, unchanged — because the instance is the real Seq server, not a clone or a compatible API.

Structured search & query language

MVP

Seq’s full signal-based query language and structured search, exactly as documented by Datalust.

Signals, dashboards & charts

MVP

Build the signals, dashboards, and charts you already know — they work because it is genuinely Seq.

Alerting

MVP

Seq apps, email, and webhook alerting — outbound traffic is permitted.

Native retention policies

MVP

Configure retention inside Seq; keep whatever fits your disk.

Full HTTP API & seqcli

MVP

The complete Seq HTTP API and seqcli compatibility — automate anything you could on a self-hosted box.

Data protection

Backed up and encrypted by default — no add-ons, no nickel-and-diming.

Automated daily backups

MVP

A compressed daily snapshot to regional Azure Storage, included in every plan.

30-day backup retention

MVP

A month of restore points, stored in the same region as your instance.

Encryption at rest

MVP

Azure disk encryption with the Seq storage key escrowed in Key Vault.

On-demand backup & self-service restore

GA

One-click backup before risky changes and portal-driven restore (MVP restores run via support).

Security & isolation

Single-tenant by design. Your instance, your disk — never a shared Seq.

Dedicated single-tenant instance

MVP

A dedicated namespace and dedicated disk per customer workspace. No shared Seq, ever.

TLS 1.2+ everywhere, HSTS

MVP

Terminated at managed ingress; HTTP redirects to HTTPS with HSTS.

Portal MFA & SSO

MVP

Email + password with TOTP MFA, plus Google, Microsoft, and GitHub SSO into the portal.

Roles & audit log

MVP

Admin / Editor / Viewer (and custom) portal roles, with a who-did-what-when audit log.

GDPR posture

GA

DPA, data-residency commitments, and a published subprocessor list ahead of EU customers.

Monitoring & operations

We watch the log server so you do not have to watch the watcher.

24/7 platform health monitoring

MVP

Liveness and readiness probes with automatic restart on failure.

Instance status in the portal

MVP

Real-time running / stopped / degraded status, pushed live via SignalR.

Disk usage & headroom

MVP

See storage headroom at a glance — the number that matters most for a log server.

Status page & incident emails

GA

Public component status at status.seqhost.com plus email notifications for incidents and maintenance.

Uptime SLA

GA

Targeted 99.5% on Team and 99.9% on Business once we leave beta — final numbers TBD.

Later

On the roadmap

Not available yet — directional, not promises. The platform is built to support these, and demand decides the order.

  • EU West region for data residency
  • Custom domains (logs.yourcompany.com) with managed certs
  • Buy or renew your Seq license through SEQHost — one invoice
  • IP allowlists and private connectivity (VNet peering / Private Link)
  • Seq-side SSO into the Seq UI (Entra ID and friends)
  • Instance cloning / restore-to-new-instance
  • SOC 2 / ISO 27001 program

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