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Comparison

Grafana Loki vs OpenObserve

No clear leader: Grafana Loki (68.0) and OpenObserve (65.2) 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.

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Grafana Loki68
OpenObserve65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana Loki68 / 100high · 75%
OpenObserve65 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Model
Grafana Lokiopen_source
OpenObservefreemium
Price level
Grafana Lokifree
OpenObservelow
Starting price
Grafana Loki–
OpenObserve$0.01
Transparent
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana Loki6
OpenObserve18
Security
Certifications
Grafana Loki–
OpenObserveSOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policy
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve–
Fedramp
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve–
Gdpr
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Hipaa
Grafana Loki–
OpenObserve✓
Iso27001
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve–
Pci
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Scorecard
Grafana Loki8
OpenObserve–
Soc2
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Grafana Loki–
OpenObserve99.9
Status page
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana Loki334
OpenObserve0
Github stars
Grafana Loki29,009
OpenObserve22,343
Package downloads weekly
Grafana Loki–
OpenObserve479
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana Loki100
OpenObserve100
Release
Cadence days
Grafana Loki9
OpenObserve5
History
Grafana Loki20 items
OpenObserve20 items
License
Spdx
Grafana LokiAGPL-3.0
OpenObserveAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Grafana LokiGo
OpenObserveTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana Loki8 items
OpenObserve7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Grafana Loki

A horizontally scalable, multi-tenant log aggregation platform that stores compressed logs and indexes them by labels, enabling fast queries and integration with Prometheus-based monitoring stacks.

Independently observed

OpenObserve

OpenObserve is a cloud-native observability platform that unifies logs, metrics, traces, real user monitoring, and AI/LLM observability in a single system. Using Parquet columnar storage on object storage backends, it achieves significantly lower infrastructure costs than traditional platforms while supporting flexible deployment across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Grafana Loki

Open sourceFree tier

Open source. Free tier with 50GB/mo on Grafana Cloud.

  • Grafana Cloud Logs FreeFree
as of verify ↗

OpenObserve

from $0.01/gb/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $0.50/GB ingested + $0.01/GB queried. 14-day free trial (no card required). Self-hosted free up to 50 GB/day.

  • Cloud Professional$0.50/GB ingested + $0.01/GB queried, billed monthly. 30% discount with annual commitment.
    • Logs, Metrics, Traces, RUM, Session Replay, Error tracking
    • Unlimited users
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
    • 19+ dashboard chart types
    • +3 more
  • Self-Hosted Enterprise FreeFree
    • All observability features
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
    • Audit trail with 365-day immutable logs
    • Sensitive data redaction
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom volume discounts
    • Bring Your Own Bucket (BYOB) - infinite retention
    • All observability features
    • AI-Powered Observability with incident management and AI SRE agent
    • Premium support
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
macOS
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓
Windows
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓
Linux
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓
CLI
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
Self-hosted
Grafana Loki✓
OpenObserve✓
On-premise
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓
Hybrid
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓
Air-gapped
Grafana Loki✗
OpenObserve✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Prometheus
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker

Grafana Loki

8 total - 5 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus Alertmanager
  • Alloy
  • Promtail
  • Alertmanager
Independently observed

OpenObserve

21 total - 18 not shared
  • OpenTelemetry
  • SQL
  • PromQL
  • Apache Parquet
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • MinIO
  • Fluent Bit
  • Vector
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Okta
  • Microsoft Entra
  • Google Workspace
  • Azure AD
  • Syslog
  • Terraform
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Grafana Loki or OpenObserve: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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