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.