OpenObserve is an open-source, OpenTelemetry-native observability platform for logs, metrics, and traces that ships as a single Rust binary with built-in dashboards and alerting. Founded in 2022, it uses object storage to keep costs very low and is aimed at teams that want a lightweight, low-cost alternative to heavier stacks. It is released under an open-source license and is free to self-host, with a usage-based managed cloud option; enterprise features are covered by a separate commercial license. OpenObserve includes live tail, alerting, and retention tiers, and holds SOC2 and ISO27001 compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2022
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Log management
- Free tier
- Yes: Open-source self-host free (AGPL-3.0); self-hosted Enterprise free to 50GB/day; Cloud usage-based.
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Live tail / search
- Yes
- Alerting
- Yes
- Retention tiers
- Yes