SigNoz
Open-source observability platform native to OpenTelemetry
Founded
2021
Starting Price
0
Category
Monitoring & Observability
Last updated March 23, 2026
About SigNoz
SigNoz is an open-source observability platform combining logs, traces, metrics, exceptions, and alerts in one app. Built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, it is a cost-effective alternative to Datadog and New Relic.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Open-source with no vendor lock-in
- Unified logs, traces, metrics platform
- Up to 9x cheaper than Datadog
- Fast ClickHouse-powered queries
- Flexible deployment options
Cons
Key Features
Distributed Tracing
End-to-end request flows with flame graphs.
Log Management
Ingest and query logs at scale via ClickHouse.
Metrics & Dashboards
Customizable dashboards with PromQL support.
Alerts
Threshold and anomaly alerts on any signal.
Exceptions Monitoring
Stack traces with trace correlation.
OpenTelemetry Native
First-class OTel SDK and collector support.
Service Maps
Auto-generated topology maps.
Pricing
Community
0
- Logs, traces, metrics
- Dashboards and alerts
- OpenTelemetry native
Teams
49/month
Best For
Microservices Monitoring
Distributed tracing with service maps.
Cost-Effective Observability
Replace Datadog/New Relic at fraction of cost.
Cloud-Native APM
Monitor Kubernetes with OpenTelemetry.
Compliance Environments
Self-hosted for data residency.
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