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Error tracking and observability · 8 alternatives · Axiom iScore 70 (#3/9)

Every error tracking and observability provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Axiom's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Axiom's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. Grafana CloudKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free75#1/9
  2. SentryKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free70#2/9
  3. GlitchTipKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free68#4/9
  4. Better StackKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free66#5/9
  5. DatadogKind of free offer: Free trial vs Always free64#6/9
  6. Elastic CloudEntry paid plan: Elastic Cloud Hosted Standard, cheapest of four subscription tiers: as low as $99 per mon…63#7/9
  7. SigNozFree tier: No vs Yes · Kind of free offer: Free trial vs Always free59#8/9
  8. OpenObserveKind of free offer: Free trial vs Always free57#9/9

Where Axiom stands against these 8

Axiom's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
Yes. 5 of the 8 alternatives that document it have one: Better Stack, Datadog, GlitchTip, Grafana Cloud, Sentry.
What the free plan includes
500 GB of data loading a month, 10 GB-hours of query compute, 25 GB of storage and 30-day retention, with no…Highest of the 3 that document it. Next: Grafana Cloud — 50 GB ingested a month with 14-day retention and community support, described as always free.
Entry paid plan
$25/month platform fee for Cloud, plus usage, with no minimum commitment3rd cheapest of the 6 that document it. Cheapest: GlitchTip — $15/month for the 100,000 event plan; $50 for 500,000 and $250 for 3 million.
Regions
Two, both on AWS: US East 1 and EU Central 1Joint 5th highest of the 6 that document it. Highest: Elastic Cloud — Hosted: 60 regions across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud (also Alibaba Cloud and FedRAMP).
Retention window
30 days on the free Personal plan; configurable on Cloud rather than fixedJoint highest of the 5 that document it. Level with: Grafana Cloud — 13 months for metrics and 30 days for logs, traces, profiles and k6 tests on Pro.

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