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 SigNoz if platform teams who will stay on Community Edition $0 (self-host, no card) while they ship a first OTel
Best for
Axiom Logs you start on Personal at $0 (no card) or Cloud at $25 + usage
SigNoz APM you start at $0 OSS or $49 Cloud
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
SigNoz $0 · self-host. You run the cluster, storage, upgrades, and backups. Community Slack. No Teams chat / email support
Lowest paid
Axiom Storage $0.03
SigNoz Enterprise $4/mo
Next step up
Axiom Data loading (ingest) $0.12
SigNoz Startup program $19/mo
Runs where
Axiom Local; you host it
SigNoz Local; you host it
Watch out
Axiom Personal is 25 GB stored and 30-day retention
SigNoz Cloud has a $49 floor
Last checked
Axiom 2026-10-22 · axiom.co/pricing
SigNoz 2026-10-22 · signoz.io/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 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
