Logs
OpenObserve
OpenObserve Inc.
A single-binary, Rust-based, object-storage-native Splunk/Elastic/Datadog alternative for teams that want low cost and easy ops.
- Category
- Logs
- License
- Open core
- Deployment
- SaaS or self-hosted
- Cost
- Low
- Free tier
- Yes
- Self-host effort
- Moderate
- Maturity
- Rising
- Popularity
- ≈19k GitHub stars; rising fast
The catch
Young and fast-moving — the all-in-one breadth and "140× cheaper" headline come with a smaller ecosystem, fewer integrations, and traces/APM less mature than its logging core.
Monitors
LogsMetricsTracesRUMK8sCloud
Protocols
OTLP
Capabilities
AlertingDashboardsAPI
Built for
SRE / DevOpsDevelopers
The honest take
Part of the Rust-on-S3 wave that’s quietly rewriting the cost math of logging — single binary, store on object storage, ingest for cents. The catch is maturity: it’s newer and thinner than the incumbents, and traces lag its logs.