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Comparison

Fluentd vs OpenObserve

No clear leader: OpenObserve (60.8) and Fluentd (58.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Fluentd full profile →OpenObserve full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Fluentd58
OpenObserve61
Score
Vioscale score
Fluentd58 / 100low · 43%updating
OpenObserve61 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✓
Model
Fluentdcommercial
OpenObservefreemium
Price level
Fluentdfree
OpenObservelow
Transparent
Fluentd–
OpenObserve✓
Integrations
Count
Fluentd500
OpenObserve9
Security
Gdpr
Fluentd–
OpenObserve✓
Scorecard
Fluentd8.6
OpenObserve–
Soc2
Fluentd–
OpenObserve✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Fluentd–
OpenObserve99.9
Status page
Fluentd–
OpenObserve✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fluentd3,044
OpenObserve0
Github stars
Fluentd13,578
OpenObserve21,485
Package downloads weekly
Fluentd–
OpenObserve187
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fluentd23
OpenObserve100
Release
Cadence days
Fluentd70
OpenObserve4
History
Fluentd20 items
OpenObserve20 items
License
Spdx
FluentdApache-2.0
OpenObserveAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
FluentdRuby
OpenObserveTypeScript
Market
Availability
Fluentd–
OpenObserveAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for log management software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Pipeline role
FluentdShipper
OpenObserveBackend
Search
Full-text log search
Fluentd-
OpenObserve✓
Live tail / stream
Fluentd-
OpenObserve-
Processing
Structured parsing
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✓
PII redaction at ingest
Fluentd-
OpenObserve-
Ops
Log-based alerting
Fluentd-
OpenObserve✓
Dashboards / visualisation
Fluentd-
OpenObserve✓
Storage
Retention tiering
Fluentd-
OpenObserve✓
Object-store columnar backend
Fluentd-
OpenObserve✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry logs
Fluentd-
OpenObserveNative
Query language
Fluentd-
OpenObserveSQL, PromQL, VRL
Deployment
Hosting
FluentdSelf-hosted only
OpenObserveCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Fluentd

Fluentd is an open source data collector that consolidates logs and events from multiple applications and systems into a unified pipeline, enabling better data routing, processing, and consumption across your infrastructure.

Independently observed

OpenObserve

A cost-effective, full-stack observability solution that ingests and monitors logs, traces, metrics, and real-user monitoring data with native OpenTelemetry support. Available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted open-source deployment, using compression and columnar storage to dramatically reduce infrastructure costs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Fluentd

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

OpenObserve

from $0.01/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source tier; cloud at $0.50/GB ingestion with flat-rate model (no per-host, per-pod, or per-session meters).

  • Cloud$0.50/GB ingestion, $0.01/GB query scan
    • Full-stack observability
    • Logs, metrics, traces, RUM
    • SQL and PromQL query support
    • Retention included
    • Multi-tenancy
    • +1 more
  • Self-Hosted Open SourceFree
    • Unlimited ingestion
    • OpenTelemetry native
    • Full platform access
    • Community support
  • Self-Hosted EnterpriseContact sales
    • SSO with custom auth providers
    • Role-based access control
    • Higher performance
    • Commercial support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Fluentd✗
OpenObserve✓
macOS
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✗
Windows
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✗
Linux
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✗
CLI
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fluentd✗
OpenObserve✓
Self-hosted
Fluentd✓
OpenObserve✓
On-premise
Fluentd✗
OpenObserve✓
Hybrid
Fluentd✗
OpenObserve✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Fluentd

Not documented yet.

OpenObserve

9 total
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus
  • SQL
  • PromQL
  • Apache Parquet
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • MinIO
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.