Pick Dash0 if
platform 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.
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Our take
Pick Dash0 if platform 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. Pick groundcover if platform teams who will stay on Free at $0 (BYOC, 12-hour retention, Slack community, no card) while they open a first Traces list, then buy Pro at $30 / host / month when they want SSO and standard retention.
Best for
Dash0 OTel you pay per signal
groundcover EBPF traces you keep in your cloud
Free plan
Dash0 No free plan
groundcover $0 · bYOC. 12-hour data retention. Slack community support. No credit card
Lowest paid
Dash0 Metric data points $0.020
groundcover Pro $30
Next step up
Dash0 Spans $0.060
groundcover On Premise $50
Coding agent
Dash0 Services / service map
groundcover
Runs where
Dash0 Local or hosted
groundcover Hosted
Watch out
Dash0 No printed forever Free plan
groundcover Free retention is 12 hours
Last checked
Dash0 2026-10-23 · dash0.com/pricing
groundcover 2026-10-23 · groundcover.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick groundcover if
platform teams who will stay on Free at $0 (BYOC, 12-hour retention, Slack community, no card) while they open a first Traces list, then buy Pro at $30 / host / month when they want SSO and standard retention.
Read the groundcover page