Our take
Pick OpenObserve if platform / SRE teams who will self-host OSS at $0, stay on Self-Hosted Enterprise free through 50 GB/day, or start the 14-day Cloud trial and land on $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query when they want logs without a per-host Datadog card. Pick Umami if indie / small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (100k events, 1 website, 6-month retention, no card) while they add a first script, then buy Pro at
Best for
OpenObserve Logs you start at $0.50/GB or OSS $0
Umami Counts you start at $0
Free plan
OpenObserve $0 · , “free forever” (pricing FAQ). AGPL-3.0 (GitHub)
Umami $0 · / month. 100k events. 1 website. 6-month retention. Community support. No replays
Lowest paid
OpenObserve Not published by the vendor
Umami Not published by the vendor
Runs where
OpenObserve Local or hosted
Umami Local; you host it
Watch out
OpenObserve $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query is the Cloud meter
Umami Hobby is 1 website and 100k events
Last checked
OpenObserve 2026-10-22 · openobserve.ai/pricing
Umami 2026-10-22 · umami.is/pricing
platform / SRE teams who will self-host OSS at $0, stay on Self-Hosted Enterprise free through 50 GB/day, or start the 14-day Cloud trial and land on $0.50/GB ingest + $0.01/GB query when they want logs without a per-host Datadog card.
Read the OpenObserve pageindie / small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (100k events, 1 website, 6-month retention, no card) while they add a first script, then buy Pro at $20/month when they need 1M events, 20 sites, and the API.
Read the Umami page
