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OpenObserve vs SigNoz

OpenObserve and SigNoz both land on Depends.

SigNoz

signoz.io

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're an engineering team comfortable with OpenTelemetry and some ops work who wants to cut Datadog-class bills.

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OpenObserve versus SigNoz
CompareOpenObserveSigNoz
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forHigh-volume log teams bleeding money on DatadogEngineering teams ditching Datadog bills
Who it's not forBuyers needing genuine OSI open-source licensing, not open-coreTeams with nobody to run ClickHouse and upgrades
PrivacyThree published CVEs (SSRF, privilege escalation, unauthorized access); active advisory process and trust center exist.⁹SOC 2 Type II claimed, but multiple 2026 CVEs (SQL injection, auth bypass) mean you must patch fast.
Support qualityReviewers report responsive team supportNo user support evidence in sources
Public sentimentUsers praise cost, ease, and scale on Reddit, G2, and Product Hunt; a vocal minority resents enterprise feature gating.²Users like the price and OpenTelemetry approach but report unstable log queries and UI rough edges in production.16
Biggest gotchaOpen-core reality: some features require paid or enterprise licenses despite the public repo⁴SQL injection CVEs in alert endpoints, unfixed until 0.142.1

Pick OpenObserve when

  • High-volume log teams bleeding money on Datadog
  • Self-hosters with DevOps capacity
  • Cost-sensitive startups (50% discount program)
  • Teams wanting unified logs, metrics, traces in one tool

When OpenObserve is not a fit

  • Buyers needing genuine OSI open-source licensing, not open-core
  • Teams without ops staff to self-host and patch CVEs
  • Tiny teams needing only basic uptime checks . use a simpler free tool
  • Enterprises requiring long-tenured vendor stability guarantees

Pick SigNoz when

  • Engineering teams ditching Datadog bills
  • OpenTelemetry-standard shops
  • Self-hosters with ops capacity
  • Startups consolidating logs, traces, metrics

When SigNoz is not a fit

  • Teams with nobody to run ClickHouse and upgrades
  • Buyers expecting polished, stable UX today
  • Orgs that can't patch within days of a CVE
  • Non-engineering teams; this is dev-only tooling

Sources

  1. Gartner Peer Insights: Grafana Labs vs OpenObservegartner.com
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  2. G2: OpenObserve Reviewsg2.com
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  3. Product Hunt: OpenObserve launchproducthunt.com
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  4. Reddit r/opensource: open-source gating complaintsreddit.com
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  5. Reddit r/devops: Did anyone try OpenObserve?reddit.com
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  6. Techzine: OpenObserve lowers storage costs 140xtechzine.eu
    news
  7. Businesswire: $10M Series Abusinesswire.com
    news
  8. Businesswire: 20,000 GitHub stars, 8,000+ orgsbusinesswire.com
    news
  9. SentinelOne: CVE-2026-39361 SSRFsentinelone.com
    security
  10. SentinelOne: CVE-2024-55954 privilege escalationsentinelone.com
    security
  11. OpenObserve pricing pageopenobserve.ai
    official
  12. OpenObserve security & complianceopenobserve.ai
    official
  13. SigNoz homepagesignoz.io
    official
  14. SigNoz Pricingsignoz.io
    official
  15. SigNoz GitHub repositorygithub.com
    official
  16. Why isn't SigNoz popular? - Reddit r/kubernetesreddit.com
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