Comparison

Sematext vs Thanos

On the evidence we track, Sematext leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Sematext65

Thanos59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SematextLeader	Thanos
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100low · 49%	59 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$5	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	100	8
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8.3
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	-	14,234
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	52
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 · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Sematext65 / 100low · 49%

Thanos59 / 100medium · 52%

Pricing

Free tier

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Model

Sematextfreemium

Thanosopen_source

Price level

Sematextlow

Thanosfree

Starting price

Sematext$5

Thanos–

Transparent

Sematext✓

Thanos–

Integrations

Count

Sematext100

Thanos8

Security

Scorecard

Sematext–

Thanos8.3

Vulnerabilities

Sematext–

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

Sematext✓

Thanos–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Sematext–

Thanos1,266

Github stars

Sematext–

Thanos14,234

Activity

Commits last 30d

Sematext–

Thanos52

Release

Cadence days

Sematext–

Thanos6

History

Sematext–

Thanos20 items

License

Spdx

Sematext–

ThanosApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Sematext–

ThanosGo

Market

Availability

SematextAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Thanos–

Content

Faq

Sematext6 items

Thanos6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Observability Tools
Capability	Sematext	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 + self-hosted	Self-hosted only

Signals

Metrics

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Log management

Sematext✓

Thanos✗

Distributed tracing

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Application performance monitoring

Sematext✓

Thanos✗

Real-user monitoring

Sematext✓

Thanos-

Response

Alerting

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

On-call / incident management

Sematext✓

Thanos-

Insight

Dashboards

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry-native

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Deployment

Hosting

SematextCloud + self-hosted

ThanosSelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

Sematext

Leader

Comprehensive platform that provides visibility into application and API performance, logs, metrics, and end-user experience. Uses synthetic monitoring and real-time alerting to detect performance degradation and downtime before they impact users.

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.

Sematext

Leader

from $5/moHybridFree tier

From $5/month for infrastructure monitoring. Metered pricing for logs and traces based on volume and retention. 14-day free trial available for Status Pages.

Infrastructure Monitoring$5/mo
Network Map$1.68/host/mo
AI Agent Watch$1.68/host/mo

as of 2026-09-04verify ↗

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	Sematext	Thanos
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

CLI

Sematext✓

Thanos✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Sematext✓

Thanos✗

Self-hosted

Sematext✗

Thanos✓

Integrations

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

Sematext

Leader

27 total

Syslog
Angular
Custom Webhooks
Kubernetes
GitLab CI/CD
Microsoft Teams
Akka
Ember
Next.js
Elasticsearch
Logstash
Kibana
Apache Solr
OpenSearch
AWS
AWS CloudWatch
AWS ECS
Slack
AlertOps
PagerDuty
Docker
Postman
Solr
SolrCloud
+3 more

Independently observed

Thanos

9 total

Prometheus
Grafana
OpenTSDB
S3
GCP
Azure
Swift
Tencent COS
Alertmanager

Independently observed

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