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Axiom

$$$ Premiumfrom $25/mo · Last reviewed May 2026

Axiom is a cloud-native observability and event-data platform for logs, metrics, traces, and events, queried with its own APL query language. Founded in 2019, it uses a columnar, object-storage-backed architecture to keep ingest and retention costs low, and is aimed at teams that want affordable, high-volume telemetry. It offers an always-free Personal allowance, with the cloud service priced by a base plus usage. Axiom is proprietary and not self-hostable, includes live tail, alerting, and retention tiers, and holds SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance.

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Overview

Founded
2019
Pricing tier
High
Startup-friendly
Yes
Enterprise-ready
Yes

Log management

Free tier
Yes: Always-free Personal allowance; Axiom Cloud from $25/mo.
Open-source
No
Self-hostable
No
Live tail / search
Yes
Alerting
Yes
Retention tiers
Yes

Categories & compliance

Categories

Compliance

SOC2ISO27001HIPAAGDPR
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