OpenObserve
Open-source observability platform consolidating logs, metrics, traces, and user monitoring with dramatically reduced storage costs
- Also known as
- openobserve
Available worldwide · Popular in: US, EU
What is 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.
OpenObserve pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
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
Pay-as-you-go fully managed cloud
- metrics_retention_months
- 15
- non_metrics_retention_days
- 30
- Logs, Metrics, Traces, RUM, Session Replay, Error tracking
- Unlimited users
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- 19+ dashboard chart types
- Real-time and scheduled alerts
- Natural language query assistant
- Pipelines with data transformation
Self-Hosted Enterprise Free
FreeSelf-hosted with enterprise features, free tier
- max_daily_ingestion_gb
- 50
- All observability features
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Audit trail with 365-day immutable logs
- Sensitive data redaction
- Federated search
- Query management
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom-scale deployment with compliance and flexible storage
- 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
- Deployment flexibility (cloud, on-prem, air-gapped)
- HIPAA compliance support
- PCI-DSS compliance support
- Architecture reviews
- SLAs
Add-ons
- Additional retention for non-metrics data$0.02 per gb
What OpenObserve does
The capabilities that matter for log management software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Pipeline role
- Backend
- Full-text log search
- ✓
- Live tail / stream
- -
- Structured parsing
- ✓
- PII redaction at ingest
- ✓
- Log-based alerting
- ✓
- Dashboards / visualisation
- ✓
- Retention tiering
- ✓
- Object-store columnar backend
- ✓
- OpenTelemetry logs
- Native
- Query language
- SQL, PromQL, VRL
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (21)
Independently observed- Fluent Bit←•
- Vector←•
- Syslog←•
- Slack→•
- PagerDuty→•
- Okta←•
- Microsoft Entra←•
- Google Workspace←•
- Azure AD←•
- Kubernetes←•
- Docker←•
- Terraform⇄•
- OpenTelemetry
- Prometheus
- SQL
- PromQL
- Apache Parquet
- Amazon S3
- Google Cloud Storage
- Azure Blob Storage
- MinIO
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
OpenObserve FAQ
Common questions about OpenObserve, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Log Management Software.
Source: https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/
Is OpenObserve free to use?
OpenObserve is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/
What platforms does OpenObserve support?
OpenObserve supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/
Can OpenObserve be self-hosted?
Yes. OpenObserve can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/
What does OpenObserve integrate with?
We have confirmed 9 integrations for OpenObserve, including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, SQL, PromQL, Apache Parquet, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://openobserve.ai/dynatrace_pricing_comparison/
What security certifications does OpenObserve have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for OpenObserve. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as OpenObserve not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://openobserve.ai
Is OpenObserve open source?
Yes. OpenObserve is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
OpenObserve alternatives
Other log management software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- MezmoAn observability and telemetry pipeline platform for managing data flow from sources through processing to destinationsmedium · 71%
- Grafana LokiA scalable, cost-efficient log storage and search system that indexes metadata instead of log contenthigh · 75%
- Elastic (ELK Stack)Indexing and search platform for logs and operational datamedium · 65%
- Datadog LogsSearch and examine application logs to diagnose issues and troubleshoot problemslow · 45%
- FluentdConsolidates logs from multiple sources and routes them to various backendsmedium · 54%
- PapertrailA centralized log management platform that consolidates logs from multiple sourceslow · 47%
Compare OpenObserve
Side by side against other log management software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for OpenObserve, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 95 | 0.16 | 14.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 70 | 0.12 | 8.1 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.06 | 5.5 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 35 | 0.14 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 37 | 0.08 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 82 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 59% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Alerting: Yes · Log role: backend · Dashboards: Yes · Otel support: native · Pii redaction: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 18 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 63% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | AGPL-3.0 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 67% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soc2 | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=openobserve&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Hipaa | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Pci | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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