What is Thanos?
CNCF Incubating project extending Prometheus with global query view across multiple servers, unlimited retention via object storage, and downsampling capabilities.
Thanos pricing
We don't have Thanos's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Thanos does
The capabilities that matter for observability tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Metrics
- ✓
- Log management
- -
- Distributed tracing
- ✓
- Application performance monitoring
- -
- Real-user monitoring
- -
- Alerting
- ✓
- On-call / incident management
- -
- Dashboards
- ✓
- OpenTelemetry-native
- ✓
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (9)
Independently observed- Alertmanager•
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- OpenTSDB
- S3
- GCP
- Azure
- Swift
- Tencent COS
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Thanos FAQ
Common questions about Thanos, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Thanos?
CNCF Incubating project extending Prometheus with global query view across multiple servers, unlimited retention via object storage, and downsampling capabilities. It is indexed under Observability Tools.
Source: https://thanos.io
Is Thanos free to use?
Thanos is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://thanos.io
What platforms does Thanos support?
Thanos supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://thanos.io
Can Thanos be self-hosted?
Yes. Thanos can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://thanos.io
What does Thanos integrate with?
We have confirmed 8 integrations for Thanos, including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTSDB, S3, GCP, Azure, Swift and Tencent COS. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://thanos.io
Is Thanos open source?
Yes. Thanos is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Thanos alternatives
Other observability tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Netdatamedium · 74%
- GroundcoverAn observability platform that collects logs, metrics, and traces from cloud environments while keeping data local and costs predictable.medium · 73%
- MiddlewareObservability platform for cloud infrastructure and application monitoringmedium · 74%
- Chronospherelow · 19%
- NagiosOpen-source monitoring and alerting platform for servers, networks, and applicationslow · 15%
- SematextReal-time monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, applications, and user experiencemedium · 51%
Compare Thanos
Side by side against other observability tools, 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 Thanos, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 54 | 0.09 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.05 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.06 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Security score | 82 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 52 | 0.06 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.07 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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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 | 51 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Metrics: Yes · Tracing: Yes · Alerting: Yes · Dashboards: Yes · Otel native: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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