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Grafana AlloyOpenTelemetry Collector
Free

Free and open source from Grafana Labs.

 Free

Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.

Self-hosted Linux, Windows, macOS, Command line
  • One collector for logs and other telemetry
  • Replacement for the retired Promtail
  • Connects supported receivers and exporters
  • Processes traces, metrics and logs
  • Only a collector; needs Loki, Grafana or another backend to be useful
  • Configuration takes time to learn
  • It forwards and processes telemetry rather than providing a complete storage dashboard.
Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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