Start With Next Year's Log Count
Budget season is when this question comes up. A firm that runs three or four Phase II investigations a year does not need the same tool as a firm with a rig out every week, but most logging software is priced as if it did.
The first thing to compare is not the license line. It is the hours a log takes, from field notes to a deliverable a reviewer will accept, and how long it takes someone to get productive again after six months away from the tool. The license is the second question, and the pricing model matters more than the number.
We put nine vendors side by side: LOGitEASY, OpenGround (the successor to gINT), LogPlot, WinLoG, QuickLog, GEOSYSTEM LOGDRAFT, Aldoa, TabLogs, and GeoDin. The facts come from each vendor's public pages, checked in September 2026. The scores at the end were calculated by AI from those facts, and the article says so where they appear. This article is the summary; the full comparison is free to download at the end. Where a competitor is stronger, it says so, and so does this page.
Pricing Models: Four Ways to Pay
| Vendor | Pricing model | Entry point | Free version or trial |
|---|
| LOGitEASY | Free logs; per log; or per user | Free; Premium $10 per log; from $49/mo for 1 user billed annually, Team $129/mo (5 users), Company $199/mo (10 users) | Free version |
| OpenGround | Cloud service plus per-user subscriptions | From EUR 2,460/yr plus EUR 250 to 720 per user/yr | None listed |
| LogPlot | Perpetual or annual license | $1,500 once, or $645/yr | None listed |
| WinLoG | Perpetual or annual license | $1,195 once, or $550/yr; field capture module extra | None listed |
| QuickLog | Perpetual plus yearly agreement, or hourly | $850 once plus $150/yr; or $10 to 15 per hour of use | None listed |
| GEOSYSTEM LOGDRAFT | Site license for one office | Price not published | None listed |
| Aldoa | Subscription, custom quote | Quote | None listed |
| TabLogs | Per log volume, unlimited users | From $300/mo at 100 logs a month, 25% off billed annually | 14-day trial |
| GeoDin | Per license, annual | EUR 2,394.70/yr per individual license | 30-day trial |
Two of the nine charge nothing in a month you do not log. LOGitEASY bills per log, QuickLog bills per hour of use. They charge for different things, so run the same sample project through both before deciding. The other seven are a yearly commitment whether or not the rig shows up. That is the difference that matters for an occasional-use practice, and it is why we lead with it.
Field Use: Who Logs at the Hole
Four of the nine document logging while drilling. LOGitEASY runs in a browser on an iPad, an Android tablet, or a desktop, and the eForm works offline and syncs when a connection returns. TabLogs has an iOS and Android app that logs offline and syncs automatically. OpenGround has a Collector app for iOS and Android that collects and syncs offline field data. Aldoa is mobile-first with an offline mode.
LogPlot, QuickLog, GEOSYSTEM LOGDRAFT, and GeoDin are desktop, office-first tools: data is entered from field notes after the fact. WinLoG adds field capture through a separately priced module.
If your crews log on paper today, this is where the hours are. Entering a boring twice, once on paper and once at a desk, is the cost no license quote shows you.
Maps and Figures: What the Report Actually Needs
A Phase II report needs a site location map, a site plan, analytical figures, usually a groundwater contour map, and often a cross section. The comparison tracks eight figure types per vendor.
LOGitEASY produces cross sections to scale, site plans and location maps, groundwater contour and isoconcentration maps, analytical figures, and CAD/GIS export in the coordinate system your client requires. Subscriptions include 10 DIY maps per user per month; pay-as-you-go figures run $10 to 15 each.
Among the others, GeoDin has the deepest GIS integration (WMS and web tile layers, Civil 3D and ArcGIS plugins, DXF export). TabLogs offers site plans, 3D borehole models, long sections, and CAD/GIS export. OpenGround has integrated GIS mapping, fence diagrams, and a Civil 3D extension. LogPlot draws logs only; sections and maps need RockWorks, a separate purchase. WinLoG and QuickLog work the same way: cross sections and GIS live in companion products (WinFence and GaeaSynergy, QuickCross/Fence and QuickGIS). Aldoa offers Google Maps site maps with GPS pins. GEOSYSTEM draws 2D sections and exports DXF.
The recurring question here is why not QGIS. The honest answer is setup time and report-ready output. A figure with title block, scale, legend, and your logo in one pass is a different deliverable from a GIS project per site, and for a firm logging four times a year the setup is most of the cost.
Drafting Services: When Nobody Has Time to Draft
This is the shortest section of the comparison. Of the nine vendors, LOGitEASY is the one that documents a human drafting service alongside the software: boring logs from field notes at $35 per log regardless of depth, groundwater contour and analytical figures at $40, site map standardization at $60, geologic cross sections at $90 for up to seven borings, on a six business day turnaround. Deliverables include the data file (.xls, .gpj, or .dat), so the output is not locked to one tool. The other eight sell software only.
For a small practice without a draftsperson, this decides more projects than any feature in the software.
Lab Data: Where LOGitEASY Is Not the Answer
If you run a laboratory, shortlist somewhere else. LOGitEASY has no lab data module, and the AI scoring gives it 2 of 5 on that line.
Aldoa has the broadest built-in lab coverage, spanning geotechnical and construction materials testing. GeoDin ships more than 60 preconfigured test types natively. OpenGround recently added a native lab data entry and testing workflow. GEOSYSTEM sells LabSuite as an upgraded tier, WinLoG's vendor sells GDMS as a separate product, and TabLogs pairs with TabLabs, priced separately.
What LOGitEASY does offer on the lab side is drafting. Send the laboratory's analytical results and the drafting service turns them into groundwater and soil analytical figures and isoconcentration maps at $40 per figure, and the same results can be plotted at depth on a cross section. The data is managed in your lab's system; the figures come from ours.
Legacy Data: Getting Old Logs In
gINT support ends on December 31, 2028, and new gINT licenses are sold only until December 31, 2027, so this question matters to more firms every quarter.
For migrating a gINT database, OpenGround provides migration tools, GeoDin has a built-in gINT converter, and TabLogs advertises a gINT database upload. For Excel and CSV, GeoDin and OpenGround document imports on their sites; the comparison also lists LogPlot and WinLoG, from their manuals. For DIGGS, TabLogs is built around it. For a folder of PDF boring logs, LOGitEASY's PDF import is live: upload the PDF and the platform reads the lithology, USCS codes, descriptions, blow counts, and water levels into a dataset you can map, section, and export, without retyping.
Whatever the format, test the migration on one real project before committing the archive.
How They Score
The scorecard was not written by hand. It was calculated by AI from the facts gathered in the comparison: eight criteria, each rated 1 to 5, averaged without weighting. We checked the facts behind it, and the ratings are the model's reading of those facts, not user reviews. Treat the table as a starting point and re-weight it for your own priorities.
| Vendor | Value | Pricing flex. | Maps | Field | Drafting | Adoption | Lab | Import | Overall |
|---|
| LOGitEASY | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| GeoDin | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| OpenGround (gINT) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2.9 |
| TabLogs | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Aldoa | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.6 |
| WinLoG | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 |
| LogPlot | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| QuickLog | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.9 |
| GEOSYSTEM LOGDRAFT | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.8 |
LOGitEASY comes out first overall at 4.5 of 5 and loses points on the lab module it does not have. GeoDin, OpenGround, and TabLogs follow, each carried by lab data, GIS depth, or field readiness that a larger firm will weigh more heavily.
The Bottom Line
The same scoring, turned into a fit by company size. "Best Fit" means pricing, scale, and feature depth line up; "Workable" means usable with real trade-offs; "Not Ideal" means the pricing model or feature gaps make it a poor match.
| Vendor | Solo | Micro (2-10) | Small-medium (11-250) | Large (250-1,000) | Enterprise (1,000+) |
|---|
| LOGitEASY | Best Fit | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable | Not Ideal |
| OpenGround (gINT) | Not Ideal | Not Ideal | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit |
| LogPlot | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable | Not Ideal | Not Ideal |
| WinLoG | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable | Not Ideal |
| QuickLog | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable | Not Ideal | Not Ideal |
| GEOSYSTEM LOGDRAFT | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable | Not Ideal |
| Aldoa | Not Ideal | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit | Workable |
| TabLogs | Not Ideal | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit | Best Fit |
| GeoDin | Not Ideal | Workable | Workable | Best Fit | Best Fit |
Most firms reading this are not logging every day. If you run a few Phase II investigations a year, the comparison points one way: pay per log, log on the tablet you already own, get the site plans, contour maps, and cross sections from the same data, and hand off the drafting at a fixed price when nobody in the office has the time. That is what LOGitEASY is built for, and the free tier is the cheapest way to test the claim on your next program.
Get the Full Comparison
The full comparison covers all nine vendors on pricing, platform and field use, maps and figures, drafting services, lab modules, and data import, with the scorecard and the best-fit table by company size at the end.
Download the full comparison (Excel)
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2026-09-25
