Comparison

Middleware vs Thanos

On the evidence we track, Middleware leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Middleware71

Thanos57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MiddlewareLeader	Thanos
Vioscale score	71 / 100medium · 74%updating	57 / 100medium · 54%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	450	8
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fthanos-io%2Fthanos&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1,266
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	14,188
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	51
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Middleware71 / 100medium · 74%updating

Thanos57 / 100medium · 54%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Middleware✓

Thanos✓

Model

Middlewarefreemium

Thanosopen_source

Price level

Middlewarelow

Thanosfree

Transparent

Middleware✓

Thanos–

Integrations

Count

Middleware450

Thanos8

Security

Gdpr

Middleware✓

Thanos–

Iso27001

Middleware✓

Thanos–

Scorecard

Middleware–

Thanos8

Soc2

Middleware✓

Thanos–

Vulnerabilities

Middleware–

ThanosCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fthanos-io%2Fthanos&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Middleware✓

Thanos–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Middleware–

Thanos1,266

Github stars

Middleware–

Thanos14,188

Activity

Commits last 30d

Middleware–

Thanos51

Release

Cadence days

Middleware–

Thanos6

History

Middleware–

Thanos20 items

License

Spdx

Middleware–

ThanosApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Middleware–

ThanosGo

Market

Availability

MiddlewareAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Thanos–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for observability tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Observability Tools
Capability	Middleware	Thanos
Signals
Metrics	✓	✓
Log management	✓	-
Distributed tracing	✓	-
Application performance monitoring	✓	-
Real-user monitoring	✓	-
Response
Alerting	✓	-
On-call / incident management	-	-
Insight
Dashboards	✓	✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native	✓	-
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Self-hosted only

Signals

Metrics

Middleware✓

Thanos✓

Log management

Middleware✓

Thanos-

Distributed tracing

Middleware✓

Thanos-

Application performance monitoring

Middleware✓

Thanos-

Real-user monitoring

Middleware✓

Thanos-

Response

Alerting

Middleware✓

Thanos-

On-call / incident management

Middleware-

Thanos-

Insight

Dashboards

Middleware✓

Thanos✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry-native

Middleware✓

Thanos-

Deployment

Hosting

MiddlewareCloud only

ThanosSelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

Middleware

Leader

A unified monitoring solution that ingests logs, metrics, and traces from infrastructure and applications, then uses artificial intelligence to identify problems and suggest automated fixes.

Independently observed

Thanos

CNCF Incubating project extending Prometheus with global query view across multiple servers, unlimited retention via object storage, and downsampling capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Middleware

Leader

from $0.30/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $0.30/GB for logs. Free 14-day trial available. Pay-as-you-go or custom enterprise plans.

Free TrialFree
- Unlimited data ingestion
- Unlimited RUM sessions
- Unlimited synthetic checks
- 10 browser test runs
- Unlimited users
- +1 more
Pay As You Go$0.30/GB for logs/metrics/traces, $1 per 1K RUM sessions, $1 per 5K synthetic checks, $10 per 1K browser test runs
- Error detection and solving with OpsAI
- Ingestion control and data pipeline management
- SSO and security features
- Dedicated Slack/MS Teams support channel
- Logs aggregation and analysis
- +8 more
CustomContact sales
- All Pay As You Go features
- Volume discounts
- Multi-year contract options
- Custom data retention policies
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment
- +5 more

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Thanos

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Middleware	Thanos
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Middleware✓

Thanos✓

CLI

Middleware✗

Thanos✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Middleware✓

Thanos✗

Self-hosted

Middleware✗

Thanos✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Prometheus

Middleware

Leader

8 total - 7 not shared

Slack
AWS
Google Cloud
Stripe
OpenTelemetry
Amazon S3
Azure Blob Storage

Independently observed

Thanos

8 total - 7 not shared

Grafana
OpenTSDB
S3
GCP
Azure
Swift
Tencent COS

Independently observed

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