How much does OpenObserve cost in 2026?
OpenObserve charges per usage — $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query (30% off annual, no per-seat fees). OpenObserve sits in the Developer & Infrastructure category, where SaaS Price Hub tracks 62 tools with verified pricing. Pricing is currently under review.
Pricing under review
Does OpenObserve have a free plan?
Yes. OpenObserve offers a permanent free plan covering $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query, unlimited users, 15-mo metrics + 30-day non-metrics retention.
What are all the OpenObserve pricing tiers?
OpenObserve publishes 4 plans:
- •Cloud Professional (PAYG): free — $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query, unlimited users, 15-mo metrics + 30-day non-metrics retention
- •Cloud Enterprise: custom quote — AI SRE + SSO/RBAC + BYO bucket infinite retention + premium support
- •Self-hosted (OSS): free — free forever, community support
- •Self-hosted Enterprise: free — free up to 50GB/day, includes SSO/RBAC/audit trail
Is OpenObserve priced per seat, per usage, or hybrid?
OpenObserve is priced per usage (Per Usage), with gb ingested + gb queried as the limit that drives cost.
How often does OpenObserve change its pricing?
SaaS Price Hub has recorded no tracked list-price change for OpenObserve in the last 12 months. Prices are re-checked against the vendor daily and any move is logged.
Full OpenObserve price historyWhere can I find OpenObserve's official pricing page?
OpenObserve publishes its own pricing at openobserve.ai/pricing.
OpenObserve official pricing pageWhat does OpenObserve charge extra for?
$0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query (30% off annual, no per-seat fees).
Is OpenObserve priced in USD, EUR, or another currency?
OpenObserve lists its pricing in USD.
OpenObserve vs Splunk Observability Cloud — which is cheaper?
OpenObserve entry pricing is quote-based; Splunk Observability Cloud is quote-based. Entry cost is not directly comparable because at least one side is quote-based.
OpenObserve vs Splunk Observability CloudCompare OpenObserve pricing to alternatives
Quick facts about OpenObserve pricing
- Pricing model
- Per Usage
- Key limit metric
- GB ingested + GB queried
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14 days
- Enterprise pricing
- Available (custom quote)
- Native currency
- USD
- Category
- Developer & Infrastructure
Who is OpenObserve best for?
In other words, OpenObserve is ideal for teams migrating off Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic who want radically transparent pay-per-GB pricing with no seat fees. Best if your telemetry cost is dominated by log and metric volume rather than user count.
What is OpenObserve not for?
Want a mature integration ecosystem? Datadog. Enterprise commit-based platform? Dynatrace or Splunk Observability Cloud. Zero-base signal-level billing? Dash0. Event-based? Honeycomb. Errors-first? Sentry.
Sources
Pricing under review.
OpenObserve plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Professional (PAYG) | 0 | 0 | $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query, unlimited users, 15-mo metrics + 30-day non-metrics retention |
| Cloud Enterprise | custom | custom | AI SRE + SSO/RBAC + BYO bucket infinite retention + premium support |
| Self-hosted (OSS) | 0 | 0 | free forever, community support |
| Self-hosted Enterprise | 0 | 0 | free up to 50GB/day, includes SSO/RBAC/audit trail |
Answer generated from SaaS Price Hub's daily-verified pricing tracker. Last updated August 18, 2026.
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