# SigNoz

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/observability/signoz/

Open-source observability for logs, metrics and traces, billed per GB ingested with retention chosen per signal.

## Who it suits

Teams that want per-GB billing without per-host or per-seat charges, and the option to run the same product themselves rather than being locked to the cloud version.

Consider something else if $0.30 per GB is six times OpenObserve's rate, so a high-volume log pipeline pays a large premium for the packaging.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: No ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-07)
- Entry paid plan: $49/month for Teams, and the $49 is usage credit rather than a fee on top — SigNoz bills against it before charging more. ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: Per GB ingested, with no per-user, per-host or custom-metric pricing — SigNoz states all three exclusions explicitly. Retention is a per-signal choice that changes the rate. ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)

### Observability

- Retention window: 15 days by default for logs and traces, selectable up to 30, 90, 180 days or 1 year at higher rates. ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Self-hostable: Supported ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Ingest price per GB: $0.30 per GB ingested for logs, and the same for traces. Retention is chosen per signal and priced with it. ([source](https://signoz.io/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)

## Compared with

- [SigNoz vs OpenObserve](https://inetgeek.com/compare/signoz-vs-openobserve/)
- [SigNoz vs Grafana Cloud](https://inetgeek.com/compare/signoz-vs-grafana-cloud/)
- [SigNoz vs Axiom](https://inetgeek.com/compare/axiom-vs-signoz/)
- [SigNoz vs Sentry](https://inetgeek.com/compare/sentry-vs-signoz/)
- [SigNoz vs GlitchTip](https://inetgeek.com/compare/glitchtip-vs-signoz/)
- [SigNoz vs Datadog](https://inetgeek.com/compare/datadog-vs-signoz/)