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OpenObserve - Open-source observability platform

For DevOps teams: OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform monitoring logs, metrics, and traces with 140x lower storage costs than ElasticSearch.

Built by Prabhat Sharma

Artificial Intelligence Developer Tools Open Source Freemium Last updated September 29, 2026

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OpenObserve is a Product Hunt listing on Launch Llama with 304 total upvotes, founded by Prabhat Sharma who joined in Mar 2026, compared against 6 alternatives.

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OpenObserve

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About

OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform that handles logs, metrics, and traces across all infrastructure layers. It helps teams reduce observability costs by storing data 140 times more efficiently than Elasticsearch while maintaining full-year retention. Teams use it to correlate observability signals across their entire infrastructure stack and detect root causes of incidents automatically.

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Key Features

  • Ingest and query trillions of log lines with SQL
  • Store and query Prometheus-compatible metrics at any scale
  • Follow requests across services with full trace context
  • Auto-correlate logs, metrics, and traces across infrastructure layers

Use Cases

  • Teams migrating from Datadog who want to reduce observability costs significantly
  • Organizations ingesting large volumes of IoT and production logs needing cost-effective storage
  • Companies running LLM applications who need to monitor token spend and model performance

Pricing

Free 14-day trial available. Cloud plan costs $0.50/GB for ingestion and $0.01/GB for queries, billed monthly, with no per-seat fees. Self-hosted open-source edition is free forever.

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FAQ

What is OpenObserve?

OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform that handles logs, metrics, and traces across all infrastructure layers. It helps teams reduce observability costs by storing data 140 times more efficiently than Elasticsearch while maintaining full-year retention. Teams use it to correlate observability signals across their entire infrastructure stack and detect root causes of incidents automatically.

What are the key features of OpenObserve?

OpenObserve includes: • Ingest and query trillions of log lines with SQL • Store and query Prometheus-compatible metrics at any scale • Follow requests across services with full trace context • Auto-correlate logs, metrics, and traces across infrastructure layers • Set real-time and scheduled alerts routed to multiple channels • Trace prompts, completions, and token usage across LLM applications

What can I use OpenObserve for?

• Teams migrating from Datadog who want to reduce observability costs significantly. • Organizations ingesting large volumes of IoT and production logs needing cost-effective storage. • Companies running LLM applications who need to monitor token spend and model performance.

How much does OpenObserve cost?

Free 14-day trial available. Cloud plan costs $0.50/GB for ingestion and $0.01/GB for queries, billed monthly, with no per-seat fees. Self-hosted open-source edition is free forever.

What category does OpenObserve belong to?

OpenObserve is listed under Open Source, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence on Launch Llama.

How do I get started with OpenObserve?

Click the "Visit Website" button on this page to go directly to OpenObserve. You can also upvote and leave a review to help other founders discover it.

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  • Superserve

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  • Progress AI Observability

    For AI teams: Progress AI Observability traces agent runs and catches hallucinations so you debug failures in minutes and reduce token waste.

  • FetchPing

    For DevOps teams: FetchPing monitors websites, APIs, and cron jobs every 30 seconds so you catch outages instantly and alert your team via email, Discord, or webhooks.

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  • Founded by Prabhat Sharma
  • Listed March 2026
  • Updated September 29, 2026

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