Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: OpenObserve
OpenObserve clearly comes out ahead of Elastic Observability on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. OpenObserve has a free tier; Elastic Observability does not. Elastic Observability's paid plans start at $99/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Elastic | OpenObserve |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | elastic-observability | openobserve |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Elastic Stack Security Features | ||
| Architecture Reviews | ||
| Apps For Apm, Logging, And Metrics | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Complete Data Sovereignty | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Complete Project Tier Includes Ai-Assisted Pipelines, Parsing, And Machine Learning | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| Cross-Cluster Replication | ||
| Extended Retention | ||
| Cross-Cluster Search Es|Ql | ||
| Full Observability Stack | ||
| Custom Control Over Cluster Capacity And Versions | ||
| Logs | ||
| Distributed Elasticsearch Platform | ||
| Metrics | ||
| Egress: 50 Gb Free, Then $0.05 Per Gb Transferred Per Month | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Elastic Ai Assistant | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Elastic Maps Server | ||
| Role-Based Access Control (Rbac) | ||
| Elastic Workflows | ||
| Rum | ||
| Es|Ql | ||
| Session Replay | ||
| Everything In Gold | ||
| Sso | ||
| Everything In Platinum | ||
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, OpenObserve comes out ahead overall, though Elastic Observability can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
OpenObserve offers a free tier; Elastic Observability does not currently list one.
OpenObserve scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
OpenObserve is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
