HyperDX

What it is for

HyperDX is an open-source observability desk: you search a log, open a trace waterfall, and Cloud Free is $0/month (3 GB/mo, 3-day retention, 1 user). Use it when the job is traces you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official HyperDX Demo traces waterfall (POST /checkout spans, span details, Lucene search) from the GitHub still — not a pricing card. The waterfall itself is ops of Traces.

Key features

• Logs — a line you search with Lucene (cover search box; pricing GB of data). One event. Filters and the cover “Search your events” sit here.
• Traces — a span waterfall for one request (cover POST /checkout). A timeline, not a log line. Span details (traceId / parent / kind) are ops of this.
• Session replays — a client playback you correlate to the server (home “Playback Client Session”). A video of the browser, not a span. Counted in the same GB as logs/traces (FAQ).
• Metrics — a time series at 1 DPM (pricing “$0.40 per 100 metrics”). A gauge, not a log. This is its own meter, not a sixth log field.
• Self-host / Cloud — the OSS app you run, or HyperDX Cloud (GitHub; pricing). A deploy, not a search. ClickHouse acquired HyperDX — Cloud dollars below are still the hyperdx.io/pricing cards we fetched.

GB is the Cloud meter (uncompressed logs + traces + sessions). Users and hosts print $0 extra on paid plans. Errors on the marketing line are a log/exception view of Logs — do not count them separately.

Who it's for

Best fit: on-call / platform teams who will stay on Free $0 (3 GB/mo, 3-day retention, 1 user) or self-host while they open a first Demo trace, then buy Starter at $20/month when they need 50 GB/mo, 30-day retention, and unlimited users.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from hyperdx.io/pricing. “Pay based on your data usage only, no per-seat or per-host billing.”

• Free — $0/month. Includes a 14-day Starter trial. Store up to 3 GB/mo. 3-day retention. Up to 1 user. No credit card.
• Starter — $20/month. 50 GB/mo included. 30-day retention. Unlimited users, flat rate. Extra data $0.40/GB. Metrics $0.40 per 100 metric DPM (1 data point / minute). 14-day trial.
• Enterprise — custom contracts, custom retention, SAML SSO, volume discounts. Confirm the live quote — do not invent an Enterprise dollar.
• What a GB is (FAQ) — uncompressed data originally sent, whether a span, a user session, or a log message. Alerts / dashboards / users are not a second bill.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 3 GB and 1 user. A teammate seat or 30-day retention is Starter at $20.
• $0.40/GB and $0.40/100 DPM stack. A chatty metric scrape is a second meter on top of log/trace GB.
• ClickHouse acquired HyperDX. ClickStack is the parent-company chapter — this page prices the hyperdx.io Cloud cards, not ClickHouse Cloud compute.
• An observability desk, not an uptime probe. For Playwright checks see Checkly.

Alternatives

• SigNoz — OpenTelemetry APM when you will not run HyperDX’s session replay.
• OpenObserve — OSS logs/traces when you want $0.50/GB ingest instead of HyperDX’s $20 floor.
• Axiom — hosted event search when you will not self-host HyperDX.

Official tutorial

Official HyperDX channel video: HyperDX Intro (oEmbed author: HyperDX). First-party product intro; the Demo traces waterfall is the cover. Do not embed @hyperdx (a different FM-radio handle).

Written path: hyperdx.io/pricing plus the traces still.

Website

https://www.hyperdx.io

Repository

https://github.com/hyperdxio/hyperdx

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official HyperDX Demo traces waterfall from the project still. Dollars checked on hyperdx.io/pricing (Free $0 / 3 GB; Starter $20 / 50 GB then $0.40/GB; metrics $0.40/100 DPM). Tutorial oEmbed author: HyperDX (@hyperdxio).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.