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 OpenStatus if small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while
Best for
Axiom Logs you start on Personal at $0 (no card) or Cloud at $25 + usage
OpenStatus Monitors you start on Hobby at $0 (1 monitor, 1 page)
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
OpenStatus $0 · no card. 1 monitor. 1 status page with 3 components. Minimum interval 10 minutes
Lowest paid
Axiom Storage $0.03
OpenStatus Pro $100/mo
Next step up
Axiom Data loading (ingest) $0.12
OpenStatus Scale $500/mo
Runs where
Axiom Local; you host it
OpenStatus
Watch out
Axiom Personal is 25 GB stored and 30-day retention
OpenStatus Hobby is 1 monitor and a 10-minute interval
Last checked
Axiom 2026-10-22 · axiom.co/pricing
OpenStatus 2026-10-22 · openstatus.dev/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 pagesmall teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while they publish a first page, then buy Starter at $30/month (14-day trial) when they need 20 monitors and a 1-minute check.
Read the OpenStatus page
