Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: OpenObserve
OpenObserve clearly comes out ahead of Quickwit on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | OpenObserve | Quickwit, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
OpenObserve
custom
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| Feature | openobserve | quickwit |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Reviews | ||
| Apache License 2.0 | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Deploy On Own Infrastructure | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| Extended Retention | ||
| Full Observability Stack | ||
| Logs | ||
| Metrics | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Role-Based Access Control (Rbac) | ||
| Rum | ||
| Session Replay | ||
| Sso | ||
| Traces | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, OpenObserve comes out ahead overall, though Quickwit can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both OpenObserve and Quickwit offer a free tier.
