A dashboard log proves what the dashboard is willing to show. A ZK-SNAP receipt is designed to verify outside the system that produced it.
At a glance
Educational comparison — not competitive marketing.
Operator-owned log lines inside one vendor system.
Signed receipt bytes binding action, claim, fingerprint, and profiles.
Travels with the account, retention policy, and vendor.
Travels with the file, export, or audit packet.
Usually requires the original dashboard or API.
Offline check from receipt bytes alone (Sigil S4).
Day-to-day operations inside one platform.
Disputes, audits, exports, and cross-platform proof.
Logs live inside the operator’s infrastructure. They are useful for operations, but they travel with the account, the vendor, and the retention policy. When the platform closes or disputes the record, the log usually goes with it.
ZK-SNAP binds the machine action, claim commitment, fingerprint, signature, and declared profiles into one object. A verifier checks cryptography and declared profiles from the receipt bytes — not from the original dashboard.
Logs are fine for day-to-day operations inside one system. Receipts matter when proof must survive export, dispute, audit, or a different platform months later.