6 categories · RankedOpenObserve
OpenObserve is an open source observability platform for logs, metrics and traces, used for application performance and infrastructure monitoring by engineering teams · openobserve.ai ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Better Stack is first at 29%.
Datadog Log Management is first at 31%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Splunk is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“OpenObserve is considered the best overall log management tool for teams that need full-text search, high-volume retention, and low storage costs.”Llama 4 Maverick · Comparative question · first choice
“Best overall for a limited budget: OpenObserve (self‑hosted) – free up to 50 GB/day”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Run Grafana Loki or OpenObserve self-hosted.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“cost-efficient alternatives like OpenObserve and Grafana Loki offer significant savings for high-volume environments”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“can reduce license costs, but the organization assumes upgrades, scaling, retention, reliability, and on-call responsibilities”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as OpenObserve, over the 86 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 14 | View → | |
| 31 | 5 | View → | |
| 29 | 3 | View → | |
| 23 | 4 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 3 | View → | |
| 17 | 7 | View → | |
| 16 | 6 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of OpenObserve →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on OpenObserve's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- teams
- Price stated
- Pay-as-you-go from $0.50/GB ingested and $0.01/GB queried, with retention included.
- Starting price
- $0.50/GB ingested
- Free plan or trial
- Get Started Free
- Integrations
- 100
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- US East-2, US West 2, EU Central-1, Asia Pacific South-1, US, EU, Ohio, USA, California, USA
- Customers named
- DevZero, Decklar, Uno.ai, Avatar, Evereve, Stonal, ONEngine, Jidu
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 85 of the 86 answers that named OpenObserve and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
166 of the 219 domain citations in answers naming OpenObserve came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 269 | 46 | 2026-09-21 | Logs, APM | |
| Comparison | 66 | 10 | 2026-09-23 | Logs, APM | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 45 | 5 | 2026-11-27 | Infra monitoring | |
| Glossary or explainer | 27 | 22 | 2026-08-11 | APM, Logs | |
| Template or tool | 13 | 13 | 2026-07-07 | ||
| Case study | 10 | 2 | 2026-08-31 | ||
| Conference or event | 10 | 4 | 2026-12-02 | ||
| Report or ebook | 1 | 1 | 2026-08-03 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-23Clickhouse alternative comparison
- 2026-09-23Datadog alternative comparison
- 2026-09-23Newrelic alternative comparison
Events in person
- October 13, 2026 to October 15, 2026Escape to O11Y ParadiseThe Convention Centre Dublin · exhibits
- December 1, 2026AWS re:Invent 2026 Las Vegas Exclusive Evening ExperienceGIADA - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, US · takes part
- December 2, 2026AWS re:Invent 2026 Las Vegas Exclusive Evening ExperienceCarmine's Italian Restaurant - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, US · takes part
As the event pages on openobserve.ai state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page openobserve.ai exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.