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Error tracking and observability · 8 alternatives · SigNoz iScore 59 (#8/9)

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

Ranked by iScore
  1. Grafana CloudFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free trial75#1/9
  2. SentryFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free trial70#2/9
  3. AxiomFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Always free vs Free trial70#3/9
  4. GlitchTipFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free trial68#4/9
  5. Better StackFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free trial66#5/9
  6. DatadogFree tier: Yes vs No64#6/9
  7. Elastic CloudEntry paid plan: Elastic Cloud Hosted Standard, cheapest of four subscription tiers: as low as $99 per mon…63#7/9
  8. OpenObserveEntry paid plan: No minimum: Cloud Professional is pay-as-you-go from $0.50 per GB ingested plus $0.01 per…57#9/9

Where SigNoz stands against these 8

SigNoz'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
No. 6 of the 8 alternatives that document it have one: Axiom, Better Stack, Datadog, GlitchTip, Grafana Cloud, Sentry.
Retention window
15 days by default for logs and traces, selectable up to 30, 90, 180 days or 1 year at higher ratesJoint 4th highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Axiom — 30 days on the free Personal plan; configurable on Cloud rather than fixed.
Ingest price per GB
$0.30 per GB ingested for logs, and the same for traces3rd cheapest of the 4 that document it. Cheapest: Grafana Cloud — From $0.050 per GB processed, falling to $0.046 above 10,000 GB and $0.044 above 25,000 with automatic volume…
Query price
No charge for querying on SigNoz Cloud: query compute is included in the $0.30/GB ingestion price, with no…Joint cheapest of the 3 that document it. Level with: Elastic Cloud — No separate query meter on Serverless Observability: billing is ingest plus retention only, with egress 50 GB…

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