Analytics and monitoring
Datadog alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
SigNoz/signoz★31,784 GitHub starslicence unclearOpenTelemetry-native observability platform that collects and visualizes logs, metrics, and traces with APM features.Open on GitHub ↗openobserve/openobserve★20,584 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceAll-in-one observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, frontend monitoring, and pipelines with single binary deployment.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Massive multi-tenant scale and managed ingestion infrastructure
- Datadog's dozens/hundreds of turnkey, maintained integrations
- Proprietary agents, advanced AI agents, and managed security features
- Vendor SLAs, enterprise support, and packaged compliance offerings
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Datadog, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.