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 VictoriaMetrics if observability teams who will burn the 30-day $200 Cloud credit on a first Logs Query Overview, then stay on the $200 / month initial Metrics or Logs tier — or self-host the Apache-2.0 core at $0 when they do not want managed
Best for
Dash0 OTel you pay per signal
VictoriaMetrics Logs and series you size by capacity tier
Free plan
Dash0 No free plan
VictoriaMetrics $0 · enterprise self-host is talk-to-sales
Lowest paid
Dash0 Metric data points $0.020
VictoriaMetrics Meters $0.09
Next step up
Dash0 Spans $0.060
VictoriaMetrics Cloud (Metrics) from $200
Coding agent
Dash0 Services / service map
VictoriaMetrics
Runs where
Dash0 Local or hosted
VictoriaMetrics Hosted
Watch out
Dash0 No printed forever Free plan
VictoriaMetrics The $200 credit is 30 days, not forever Free
Last checked
Dash0 2026-10-23 · dash0.com/pricing
VictoriaMetrics 2026-10-23 · victoriametrics.com/products/cloud
Which one, then?
Pick VictoriaMetrics if
observability teams who will burn the 30-day $200 Cloud credit on a first Logs Query Overview, then stay on the $200 / month initial Metrics or Logs tier — or self-host the Apache-2.0 core at $0 when they do not want managed capacity.
Read the VictoriaMetrics page