Our take
Pick Axiom if app / platform teams who will stay on Personal $0 (500 GB load, 10 GB-hours query, 25 GB store, 30-day retention, no card) while they ingest a first dataset, then buy Cloud at $25/month when they want the Always Free 1 TB / 100 GB-hours / 100 GB envelope and configurable retention. Pick Dash0 if platform teams who will send a first OTel service map, then stay on the printed $0.060 / million ingest when
Best for
Axiom Logs you start on Personal at $0 (no card) or Cloud at $25 + usage
Dash0 OTel you pay per signal
Free plan
Axiom $0 · /month, permanent, no card. 500 GB/mo data-loading compute. 10 GB-hours/mo query compute. 25 GB storage. 30-day retention
Dash0 No free plan
Lowest paid
Axiom Storage $0.03
Dash0 Metric data points $0.020
Next step up
Axiom Data loading (ingest) $0.12
Dash0 Spans $0.060
Coding agent
Axiom
Dash0 Services / service map
Runs where
Axiom Local; you host it
Dash0 Local or hosted
Watch out
Axiom Personal is 25 GB stored and 30-day retention
Dash0 No printed forever Free plan
Last checked
Axiom 2026-10-22 · axiom.co/pricing
Dash0 2026-10-23 · dash0.com/pricing
app / platform teams who will stay on Personal $0 (500 GB load, 10 GB-hours query, 25 GB store, 30-day retention, no card) while they ingest a first dataset, then buy Cloud at $25/month when they want the Always Free 1 TB / 100 GB-hours / 100 GB envelope and configurable retention.
Read the Axiom pageplatform teams who will send a first OTel service map, then stay on the printed $0.060 / million ingest when they want traces + logs in one SignalStore.
Read the Dash0 page
