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OpenObserve vs Grafana Loki: catalog facts
OpenObserveGrafana Loki
Freemium

A free edition or tier is available. Additional features or hosted services require…

Free

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

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Supports self-hosted observability workflows
  • Provides searchable collected telemetry
  • Integrates with Grafana log exploration
  • Supports centralized log storage
  • Hosted services and enterprise features have separate pricing.
  • Requires log collectors and storage sized for retention needs.
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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