Our take
Pick AppSignal if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30K requests, 1 GB logs, 5-day retention) while they open a first disk graph, then buy the paid APM tile at $23.25 / month billed yearly ($279 / year, 250K requests) when they outgrow the free bucket. Pick SigNoz if platform teams who will stay on Community Edition $0 (self-host, no card) while they ship a first OTel pipeline, then buy Cloud Teams at $49/month
Best for
AppSignal Errors, traces, and host gauges you start at $0
SigNoz APM you start at $0 OSS or $49 Cloud
Free plan
AppSignal No free plan
SigNoz $0 · self-host. You run the cluster, storage, upgrades, and backups. Community Slack. No Teams chat / email support
Lowest paid
AppSignal Long-term log storage $89
SigNoz Enterprise $4/mo
Next step up
AppSignal Application monitoring (yearly tile) $279
SigNoz Startup program $19/mo
Runs where
AppSignal Hosted
SigNoz Local; you host it
Watch out
AppSignal Free is 30K requests / month and 5-day retention
SigNoz Cloud has a $49 floor
Last checked
AppSignal 2026-10-23 · appsignal.com
SigNoz 2026-10-22 · signoz.io/pricing
app teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30K requests, 1 GB logs, 5-day retention) while they open a first disk graph, then buy the paid APM tile at $23.25 / month billed yearly ($279 / year, 250K requests) when they outgrow the free bucket.
Read the AppSignal pageplatform teams who will stay on Community Edition $0 (self-host, no card) while they ship a first OTel pipeline, then buy Cloud Teams at $49/month when they want $49 of included usage and no cluster to run.
Read the SigNoz page
