# Grafana Loki vs OpenObserve

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Grafana Loki

| Attribute | Grafana Loki | OpenObserve |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 67.7 (76% (high)) | 60.8 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 334 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 28,789 | 21,485 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 187 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Loki is a distributed log aggregation platform designed for simplicity and cost efficiency. It stores logs with only label metadata indexed rather than full-text content, making it straightforward to operate and integrate with Prometheus and Grafana for unified observability. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"log_role":"backend","live_tail":true,"dashboards":true,"full_text_search":false,"structured_parsing":true,"object_store_backed":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"log_role":"backend","dashboards":true,"otel_support":"native","query_language":"SQL, PromQL, VRL","full_text_search":true,"retention_tiering":true,"structured_parsing":true,"object_store_backed":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"SQL"},{"name":"PromQL"},{"name":"Apache Parquet"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage"},{"name":"MinIO"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Always free, no credit card required","features":["All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage","Community support","14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Perfect for personal projects, exploring new ideas, and early-stage startups","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"14 days","logs_ingested":"50 GB/mo","metrics_series":"10k active series"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"From $19/month + usage with volume discounts","features":["Pay as you go above the Free tier","8X5 email support","13 months retention for metrics","30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests","Automatic volume discounts"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD","description":"Process rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD","description":"Write rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","description":"Retain rate (logs)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1k series"},"kind":"metered","amount":6.5,"currency":"USD","description":"Metrics (overage)"}],"description":"Ready for scaling with more retention, basic support, and usage-based pricing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"30 days","logs_ingested":"50 GB/mo included","metrics_series":"10k active series included"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $25,000/year minimum commit with custom pricing","features":["Premium support","Custom retention","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)","Scalable pricing based on annual commit and volume discounts"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1k series"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"currency":"USD","description":"Metrics (as low as with volume discount)"}],"description":"Full-service offering for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"minimum_annual_spend":"$25,000"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $19/month + metered usage with volume discounts. Enterprise from $25,000/year.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:24:26.849Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.05,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Cloud","summary":"$0.50/GB ingestion, $0.01/GB query scan","features":["Full-stack observability","Logs, metrics, traces, RUM","SQL and PromQL query support","Retention included","Multi-tenancy","High availability clustering"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully managed cloud observability","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Self-Hosted Open Source","summary":"Free and open source","features":["Unlimited ingestion","OpenTelemetry native","Full platform access","Community support"],"description":"Community edition under AGPL-3.0 license","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Hosted Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["SSO with custom auth providers","Role-based access control","Higher performance","Commercial support"],"description":"Enterprise edition with commercial features and support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source tier; cloud at $0.50/GB ingestion with flat-rate model (no per-host, per-pod, or per-session meters).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:01:31.048Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | 4 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 8.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Floki&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenobserve%2Fopenobserve&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Log Management Software)

| Capability | Grafana Loki | OpenObserve |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Pipeline role | Backend | Backend |
| **Search** |  |  |
| Full-text log search | ✗ | ✓ |
| Live tail / stream | ✓ | - |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Structured parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| PII redaction at ingest | - | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Log-based alerting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboards / visualisation | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Retention tiering | - | ✓ |
| Object-store columnar backend | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry logs | - | Native |
| Query language | - | SQL, PromQL, VRL |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:31:01.611Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*