Moderate to move
Log Analytics on Akamai (Linode): what it becomes and what it costs.
On Akamai (Linode), Log Analytics becomes Loki + Grafana. Log queries (KQL) need rewriting.
Effort grade
Moderate
Same software, self-hosted: you patch, back up and fix it
Cost after the move, before engineer time
15% of today
$2.76 per GB ingested; Loki on a CX43 (€16) plus object storage at €6.5/TB, about 15%.
Engineer time
6 h a month
To run the replacement: patching, backups, on-call. Plus about 5 engineer days for the move itself.
Your own Log Analytics line, from your export
Drop one month of your Azure cost export and the report prices every service, Log Analytics included, on Akamai (Linode) list prices of 18 Oct 2026, net of the engineer time to run it. In your browser; nothing is uploaded.