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OpenObservePrometheus
Freemium

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

 Free

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Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
  • Supports self-hosted observability workflows
  • Provides searchable collected telemetry
  • Label-based data model and PromQL make ad-hoc questions easy to answer
  • Pull model needs no agent configuration beyond exposing a metrics endpoint
  • Hosted services and enterprise features have separate pricing.
  • Local storage is not clustered; long retention needs Thanos, Mimir or similar
  • Pull model does not suit short-lived jobs without a push gateway
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
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Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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