When comparing logFaces vs Scribe, the Slant community recommends Scribe for most people. In the question“What are the best log management, aggregation & monitoring tools?” Scribe is ranked 13th while logFaces is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose Scribe is:
Scribe uses Thrift for its protocol encoding so it's compatible with pretty much any language you want to use with it.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Comes with its own very rich desktop application
Pro Fast support
Been using it for years. Never had a problem that could not be solved with a quick email. Support very fast and to the point.
Pro Own your log data
Logs never leave your premises unless you want them to.
Pro Allows extremely fast and flexible queries
Pro Works with pretty much any language
Scribe uses Thrift for its protocol encoding so it's compatible with pretty much any language you want to use with it.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under the Apache 2.0.
Cons
Con Requires Java
Con No free version
Con No longer supported
Scribe has been abandoned and is no longer supported by Facebook. This means that it's no longer possible to submit pull requests or to open issues.