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 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 when they want $49 of included usage and no cluster to run.
Best for
Dash0 OTel you pay per signal
SigNoz APM you start at $0 OSS or $49 Cloud
Free plan
Dash0 No free plan
SigNoz $0 · self-host. You run the cluster, storage, upgrades, and backups. Community Slack. No Teams chat / email support
Lowest paid
Dash0 Metric data points $0.020
SigNoz Enterprise $4/mo
Next step up
Dash0 Spans $0.060
SigNoz Startup program $19/mo
Coding agent
Dash0 Services / service map
SigNoz
Runs where
Dash0 Local or hosted
SigNoz Local; you host it
Watch out
Dash0 No printed forever Free plan
SigNoz Cloud has a $49 floor
Last checked
Dash0 2026-10-23 · dash0.com/pricing
SigNoz 2026-10-22 · signoz.io/pricing
Which one, then?
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 when they want $49 of included usage and no cluster to run.
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