Best free tier for metrics

Full-stack observability (metrics + logs + traces) with a generous forever-free tier and usage-based pricing after.

Bandwidth

50 GB logs + 50 GB traces/month

Requests

10k series, 14-day retention, 3 users

Paid from

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Unified logs + traces + metrics with a 30 GB/month free tier and 30-day retention; open-source self-host option.

Bandwidth

30 GB/month ingest

Requests

30-day retention, 1 user

Paid from

$50/mo

Full-stack APM + logs + metrics + traces — no forever-free tier; a 14-day full-platform trial, then usage-based host pricing.

Bandwidth

n/a

Requests

No forever-free tier — 14-day full-platform trial

Paid from

$15/mo