Plans, costs, and free options for OpenObserve
Last updated: February 2, 2026
Pricing Model
Paid
Starting Price
Contact sales
Free Option
14-day Trial
OpenObserve is a paid tool with various pricing tiers based on features and team size. Contact them or visit their website for detailed pricing.
Pay for what you use
Contact Sales
Looking for a free option? Here are some alternatives with free plans:
Open-source APM and observability
Serverless log management and observability platform
Cloud observability platform on Elastic
Observability made simple
See how OpenObserve pricing compares to similar tools in Monitoring
| Tool | Free Tier | Starting Price | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenObserveCurrent Open source, petabyte-scale observabilit... | No | — | —/100 | Details → |
SigNoz Open-source APM and observability | Yes | $199/mo | 84/100 | Pricing → |
Axiom Serverless log management and observabil... | Yes | $25/mo | 82/100 | Pricing → |
Logz.io Cloud observability platform on Elastic | Yes | $89/mo | 80/100 | Pricing → |
New RelicBest Value Observability made simple | Yes | $10/mo | 87/100 | Pricing → |
Sumo Logic Cloud-native machine data analytics | Yes | — | 82/100 | Pricing → |
Uptrace Open-source APM with distributed tracing | No | — | 78/100 | Pricing → |
Prices shown are starting prices. Actual pricing may vary based on features and team size.
See all alternatives →OpenObserve offers the following plans: Pay As You Go (Pay for what you use), Enterprise (Contact Sales). A 14-day free trial is offered.
OpenObserve does not have a permanent free plan, but offers a 14-day free trial to test the product.
Yes, OpenObserve offers a 14-day free trial so you can test before committing.
Free or freemium alternatives include SigNoz, Axiom, Logz.io. View our full comparison to find the best value.
OpenObserve offers a 'Pay As You Go' model for its cloud service with a 14-day free trial. Ingestion costs $0.50 per GB, queries cost $0.01 per GB, and pipelines cost $0.20 per GB of data processed. Additional costs apply for features like Real User Monitoring, Session Replay, Error Tracking, Sensitive Data Redaction, and additional data retention. Incident Management, AI Assistant, and AI SRE Agent are currently $0 during preview.
OpenObserve is freemium. It offers a 14-day free trial for its cloud service, and its core code is fully open source, allowing for self-hosting and community contributions. However, advanced features and cloud usage incur costs based on a 'Pay As You Go' model.