Observability pricing rankings

Quick rankings of observability vendors by cost. For log management the cheapest published per-GB ingest rates are Coralogix ($0.17/GB tiered), Elastic ($0.105/GB) and New Relic ($0.40/GB after 100 GB free). The most generous free tier is New Relic (100 GB/month). Browse each ranking below; every list links to the underlying vendor pages and shows the June 2026 snapshot rate.

Data as of June 2026.

Cheapest log management

Vendors ranked by per-GB log ingest rate, cheapest first.

Lowest per-GB log ingest

The lowest published per-GB log ingest rates in the market.

Cheapest APM

APM vendors ranked by their entry per-host / per-unit rate.

Best free tier

The most generous permanent free observability tiers.

Most expensive

Vendors with the highest headline entry cost.

See also pricing by category, the comparisons, the free tiers and the cost calculator.

Last updated: 2026-06-21