Telemetry pipelines
Asked as “telemetry pipeline”, and as “observability pipeline tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
45%
Clear leader
45OpenTelemetry Collector16Cribl Stream14Vector25others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.OpenTelemetry Collector held the lead, +8 points on 37%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
OpenTelemetry Collector40%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 44% → 40%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketOpenTelemetry Collector45%Clear leader▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Cribl Stream40%Clear leader▼−4Since October 2026: 44% → 40%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
OpenTelemetry Collector40%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 44% → 40%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketOpenTelemetry Collector45%Clear leader▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseCribl Stream40%Clear leader▼−4Since October 2026: 44% → 40%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01OpenTelemetry Collector45%2%65endorsed leader▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.37% → 45%
OpenTelemetry Collector45%2%65endorsed leader▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.37% → 45%02Cribl Stream16%3%37accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 17% → 16%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 16%
Cribl Stream16%3%37accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 17% → 16%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 16%03
Vector14%5%37accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 12% → 14%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 14%
Vector14%5%37accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 12% → 14%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 14%04
Grafana Cloud9%9%23accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 9%
Grafana Cloud9%9%23accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 9%05
Fluent Bit2%7%29accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Fluent Bit2%7%29accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%06
Grafana2%6%18accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Grafana2%6%18accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%07
Grafana Loki2%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Grafana Loki2%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08
New Relic2%31%16criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%
New Relic2%31%16criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%Show the ten products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
18Logstash0%71%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
15
Fluentd0%45%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Fluentd0%45%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%17
Splunk Observability Cloud0%44%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Splunk Observability Cloud0%44%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%16
Datadog0%43%37criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Datadog0%43%37criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
Edge Delta0%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Edge Delta0%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Tempo0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Tempo0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Prometheus0%5%21accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
Prometheus0%5%21accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%12
Grafana Alloy0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Grafana Alloy0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%13
SigNoz0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
SigNoz0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%14
Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
OpenTelemetry Collector vs Fluent BitOpenTelemetry Collector vs GrafanaOpenTelemetry Collector vs Grafana LokiOpenTelemetry Collector vs New RelicCribl Stream vs VectorCribl Stream vs Grafana CloudCribl Stream vs Fluent BitCribl Stream vs GrafanaCribl Stream vs Grafana LokiCribl Stream vs New RelicVector vs Grafana CloudVector vs Fluent BitVector vs GrafanaVector vs Grafana LokiVector vs New RelicGrafana Cloud vs Fluent BitGrafana Cloud vs GrafanaGrafana Cloud vs Grafana LokiGrafana Cloud vs New RelicFluent Bit vs GrafanaFluent Bit vs Grafana LokiFluent Bit vs New RelicGrafana vs Grafana LokiGrafana vs New RelicGrafana Loki vs New Relic
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011121314151617L18
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01OpenTelemetry Collector45%
OpenTelemetry Collector45%02Cribl Stream16%
Cribl Stream16%03Vector14%
Vector14%04Grafana Cloud9%
Grafana Cloud9%05Fluent Bit2%
Fluent Bit2%06Grafana2%
Grafana2%07Grafana Loki2%
Grafana Loki2%08New Relic2%
New Relic2%09Prometheus0%
Prometheus0%10Tempo0%
Tempo0%11Edge Delta0%
Edge Delta0%12Grafana Alloy0%
Grafana Alloy0%13SigNoz0%
SigNoz0%14Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline0%
Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline0%15Fluentd0%
Fluentd0%16Datadog0%
Datadog0%17Splunk Observability Cloud0%
Splunk Observability Cloud0%18Logstash0%
What they warned about
Zero of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Datadog43%
16 of 37 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid: Writing code that sends telemetry directly to third-party APIs (e.g., sending logs straight to Splunk Cloud, Datadog, or Dynatrace APIs)” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Logstash
71%
10 of 14 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid deploying Logstash directly on application nodes as a local shipper. Logstash can have a massive memory footprint and slow startup times” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Splunk Observability Cloud44%
7 of 16 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid: Writing code that sends telemetry directly to third-party APIs (e.g., sending logs straight to Splunk Cloud, Datadog, or Dynatrace APIs)” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Dynatrace67%
6 of 9 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid: Writing code that sends telemetry directly to third-party APIs (e.g., sending logs straight to Splunk Cloud, Datadog, or Dynatrace APIs)” Mistral Small, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
68 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 802 links across 216 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 53 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · OpenTelemetry27 answers · 47 citations · 10 models
vendor site · GitHub25 answers · 51 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Cribl21 answers · 40 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Apica21 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Grafana19 answers · 37 citations · 8 models
publisher (Gane)19 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Mezmo18 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Chronosphere16 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Edge Delta15 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
vendor site · SourceForge12 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
11 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
16 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 5 models
8 answers · 7 models
8 answers · 5 models
7 answers · 7 models
7 answers · 4 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best telemetry pipeline”, “telemetry pipeline”, “telemetry pipelines”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTelemetry Collector opentelemetry.io | 45% | 153 | 1,300 | 56 | 24,504 | |||
| Cribl Stream cribl.io | 16% | 124 | 260 | 15 | 17,616 | $19 | 20 | 3 |
| Vector vector.dev | 14% | 90 | 246,000 | 85,824 | 3,509 | |||
| Grafana grafana.com Grafana Cloud 9%, Grafana 2%, Grafana Loki 2%, Grafana/Tempo 2% and 1 more | 14% | 277 | 40,500 | 2,627 | 84,520 | 116 | 9 | |
| Bindplane bindplane.com | 4% | 13 | 1,000 | 25 | 657 | 7 | ||
| Fluent Bit fluentbit.io | 2% | 74 | 2,400 | 182 | 2,521 | |||
| New Relic newrelic.com | 2% | 595 | 14,800 | 843 | 83,276 | $412 | 89 | |
| Grafana LGTM | 2% | |||||||
| VictoriaMetrics victoriametrics.com | 2% | 132 | 1,300 | 52 | 4,097 | 0 | ||
| Prometheus prometheus.io | 0% | 280 | 246,000 | 11,819 | 22,996 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (chronosphere.io, cribl.io, edgedelta.com, grafana.com, mezmo.com). The first result for “best telemetry pipeline” is schabell.org.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best telemetry pipeline for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which observability pipeline tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top telemetry pipelines and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best telemetry pipeline for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a telemetry pipeline. What should we look at?”Negative“Which telemetry pipelines should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cribl Streamno first choiceChangedno first choiceGrafanano first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Bindplane, DatadogEight alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, New Relic, OpenObserve, Prometheus, SigNoz, TempoGPT-5.4 miniOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collector, VectorChangedOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: LogstashOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Elasticsearchno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fluent Bit, VectorFour alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, TempoGemini 3.5 FlashCribl Stream, OpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Datadog, Splunk Observability Cloud, Twilio SegmentCribl Stream, VectorChangedOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: LogstashGrafana Loki, Grafana/Tempo, OpenTelemetry Collector, VictoriaMetricsagainst: Elasticsearch, OpenSearchno first choiceagainst: Logstashagainst: AWS CloudWatch Agent, Apache Kafka, Datadog Agent, Dynatrace OneAgent, Elastic Beats, Fluentd, Heka, Logspout, Logstash, Splunk Universal Forwarder
Nine alternatives
Amberflo, Census, Grafana Cloud, Hightouch, Lago, Metronome, Mixpanel, PostHog, RudderStackOne alternative
OpenTelemetry CollectorFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, VectorSix alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, HyperDX, SigNoz, VectorFour alternatives
Bindplane, Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry Collector, VectorPerplexity SonarOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: VectorNew RelicChangedOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Apache KafkaOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Cribl Streamno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, Edge DeltaSeven alternatives
Coralogix, Datadog, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, OpenObserve, OpenTelemetry Collector, SigNozThree alternatives
Cribl Stream, Edge Delta, VectorSix alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Cloud, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, Tempo, VectorGrok 4.20OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Apache Kafka, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk Observability CloudCribl StreamChangedagainst: DatadogOpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Grafana Loki, Prometheus, TempoOpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, Datadog, Logstash, New Relicno first choiceagainst: OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, ELK Stack, Logstash, Splunk Observability Cloud
Four alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, VectorTwo alternatives
Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, OpenTelemetry CollectorFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Edge Delta, Fluent Bit, FluentdTen alternatives
Edge Delta, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Grafana, Grafana Alloy, Grafana Loki, Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, Prometheus, TempoFour alternatives
Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, VectorMistral SmallOpenTelemetry CollectorCribl StreamChangedEdge DeltaOpenTelemetry Collectorno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Logstash, Splunk Observability Cloud
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, VectorThree alternatives
Datadog, Grafana Cloud, IBM Concert platformThree alternatives
Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, Cribl Stream, Mezmo Telemetry PipelineFour alternatives
Grafana Cloud, Jaeger, Prometheus, UptraceDeepSeek V4 FlashOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: DatadogVectorChangedagainst: Edge Delta, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, LogstashOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, FluentdOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, New RelicBindplane, Cribl Streamagainst: Fluent Bit, Fluentdagainst: OpenCensus, OpenTracing, Teletrace
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, Grafana LGTM StackOne alternative
Cribl StreamSix alternatives
Cribl Stream, Edge Delta, Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, Logstash, VectorFive alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Cloud, SigNoz, Vector, the Grafana LGTM stackOne alternative
OpenTelemetry CollectorLlama 4 MaverickVectorno first choiceChangedno first choiceOpenTelemetry Collectorno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry CollectorFive alternatives
Edge Delta, Honeycomb, Telegraf, Vector, syslog-ngQwen 3.7 FlashGrafana Cloudagainst: Elastic ObservabilityCribl StreamChangedCribl Streamagainst: Datadog Agent, DynatraceGrafana LGTM, Vectoragainst: Datadog, Grafana Cloudno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Logstash, Splunk Observability Cloud
Four alternatives
Datadog, Honeycomb, Lightstep, OpenTelemetry CollectorTwo alternatives
Splunk Data Stream Processor, Vector.devTwo alternatives
OpenTelemetry Collector, VectorOne alternative
SigNozKimi K2OpenTelemetry CollectorVectorChangedOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, New RelicGrafana Cloudagainst: Datadogagainst: AppDynamics, Datadog's proprietary agent stack, Dynatrace, Fluentd, Grafana, Logstash, New Relic, Prometheus exporters, Splunk Universal Forwarder
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, VectorThree alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry CollectorFive alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Grafana Alloy, VectorFour alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, TempoFive alternatives
Bindplane, Coralogix, Grafana, Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, New RelicGLM 4.7 FlashXOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Splunk Observability CloudCribl StreamChangedOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Grafana Cloudno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, OTel Collector, Prometheus, TempoTwo alternatives
Datadog, Grafana CloudFive alternatives
Azure Monitor Pipeline, Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, Datadog, Fluent Bit, VectorFive alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, Prometheus, TempoMiniMax M2.5OpenTelemetry CollectorGrafana CloudChangedOpenTelemetry CollectorFluent Bit, OpenTelemetry Collectorno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, VectorSeven alternatives
Datadog, Elastic Observability, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, Splunk Observability Cloud, Tempo, VectorFour alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, Telegraf, VectorFive alternatives
Cribl Stream, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Grafana Loki, PrometheusThree alternatives
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Confluent Cloud, Kinesis Data AnalyticsGPT-6 LunaOpenTelemetry CollectorBindplaneChangedOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: VectorGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectornothing named
Five alternatives
Alloy, Datadog, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, RudderStackTwo alternatives
Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry CollectorFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Datadog Observability Pipelines, Fluent Bit, Grafana AlloyMuse Glimmer 30BOpenTelemetry CollectorCribl StreamChangedagainst: DatadogOpenTelemetry CollectorGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry Collectorno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Splunk Observability Cloudnothing named
Nine alternatives
Cribl Stream, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, New Relic, Prometheus, Tempo, VectorFour alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud, Grepr, OpenTelemetry CollectorTwo alternatives
Fluent Bit, VectorEight alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Alloy, Grafana Loki, Grafana/Tempo, Jaeger, Prometheus, SigNoz, UptraceBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:14 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:34 | yes | 19 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:58 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 13 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:49 | yes | 25 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:55 | yes | 5 | 79 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:36 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:16 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:01 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:11 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 5 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 19 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 15 | 73 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:41 | no | 0 | 121 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:39 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:56 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 18 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 24 | 74 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 6 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:27 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:29 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:04 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:51 | yes | 15 | 59 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 19 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 24 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:17 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:04 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:09 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:49 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:54 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:21 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:41 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:34 | no | 0 | 122 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:02 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:20 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:56 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:02 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 24 | 74 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 15 | 75 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 5 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
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Chronosphere read as Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline
Cribl read as Cribl Stream
Cribl (specifically Cribl Stream) read as Cribl Stream
Elastic read as Elastic Observability
Elastic (ELK Stack) read as Elastic Observability
Elastic Cloud read as Elastic Observability
Mezmo read as Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline
Mezmo (formerly LogDNA) read as Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline
OpenTelemetry read as OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Collector read as OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry (OTel) read as OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector read as OpenTelemetry Collector
Splunk read as Splunk Observability Cloud
Splunk Cloud read as Splunk Observability Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS CloudWatch Agent
AWS Firehose / Kinesis + processing
Amberflo
Azure Monitor Pipeline (Edge)
ChurnZero
Datadog's Observability Pipelines
Datadog's proprietary agent stack
Dynatrace OneAgent
Dynatrace Open Pipeline
Elastic Beats
Gainsight
Grafana LGTM
Grepr
Heka (Mozilla)
Kinesis Data Analytics
Lago
Logspout
Metronome
Monolog
NXLog
New Relic Pixie
Nimbus.dev
OpenCensus
OpenTelemetry SDKs
OpenTracing
Prometheus exporters
Sensu
Splunk Data Stream Processor (DSP)
Tanzu Observability
Teletrace
the Grafana LGTM stack
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.