---
slug: /alerts
title: Alerts
description: Configure alerts in Sumo Logic to monitor log data for anomalies and notify teams in real time about important system and security events.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/alerts/
---

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Sumo Logic offers several alerting features. See the topics below for details on how they work and your configuration options.

:::training Sumo Logic Academy

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<SumoAcademy/>

* **Self-paced**: [Metrics Analytics Self-Paced](https://learn.sumologic.com/path/sumo-observability/metrics-analytics-self-paced)
* **Instructor-led virtual classes**: [Certifications: Metric Analytics](https://www.sumologic.com/learn/training?_certifications=metrics-analytics#section-2)
:::

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  <div className="container">
  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/alerts/difference-from-scheduled-searches')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/alerts.png')} alt="Alerts icon" width="40"/><h4>Monitors vs. Scheduled Searches</h4></a>
  <p>Learn about the feature differences between Monitors and Scheduled Searches.</p>
  </div>
</div>
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  <div className="container">
  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/alerts/monitors')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/alerts.png')} alt="Alerts icon" width="40"/><h4>Monitors</h4></a>
  <p>Configure alerting policies notify you about critical changes or issues affecting your production applications.</p>
  </div>
</div>
<div className="box smallbox card">
  <div className="container">
  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/alerts/scheduled-searches')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/alerts.png')} alt="Alerts icon" width="40"/><h4>Scheduled Searches</h4></a>
  <p>Create saved searches that are executed continuously on a schedule you set, monitoring your stack.</p>
  </div>
</div>
<div className="box smallbox card">
  <div className="container">
  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/alerts/webhook-connections')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/icons/alerts.png')} alt="Alerts icon" width="40"/><h4>Webhook Connections</h4></a>
  <p>Webhook connections send alerts to third-party applications.</p>
  </div>
</div>
</div>

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:::note
You can configure Sumo Logic Monitors using [Terraform modules](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/SumoLogic/sumologic/latest/docs/resources/monitor).
:::