How much does OpenObserve cost?
In other words, $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query (30% off annual, no per-seat fees) Prices verified Aug 18, 2026.
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Full tier breakdown for OpenObserve: 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 — 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.
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.
When to look elsewhere
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.
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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