Elastic Observability Serverless vs Honeycomb

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Elastic Observability Serverless

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USD · US · source: www.elastic.co

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Logs Essentials	USD 0.07 monthly As low as $0.07 per GB ingested	Usage · per GB ingested	Standalone · Usage based
Complete Highlighted	USD 0.09 monthly As low as $0.09 per GB of logs and traces ingested	Usage · per GB of logs or traces ingested	Standalone · Usage based

Honeycomb

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USD · US · source: www.honeycomb.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free — Free	Free Free Event Volume: Up to 20M per month Metrics Data Points: Up to 100M per month	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro — Pro Highlighted	USD 150 monthly · USD 150 / month with annual commitment Starting at $150 per month	Flat · Starting at $150 per month	Standalone · Starting at

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Elastic Observability Serverless

Logs Essentials

Plan card Ad hoc log analysis: Included
Plan card Dashboards and integrations: Included
Plan card Retention: From $0.017/GB-month

Included

Complete

Plan card Logs, metrics, traces, and synthetics: Included
Plan card Service-level objectives: Included
Plan card Metrics ingest: $0.023/GB

Included

Honeycomb

Free — Free

Highlights Event Volume: Up to 20M per month

Included
Highlights Metrics Data Points: Up to 100M per month

Included
Highlights Triggers: 2

Included
Highlights Distributed Tracing: Included
Highlights BubbleUp: Included
Highlights OpenTelemetry Support: Included
Highlights Team Query History: Included
Highlights Query Result Permalinks: Included
Highlights Honeycomb Metrics Canvas: Included
Highlights AI Copilot: Included
Highlights Honeycomb MCP Agent Timeline: Included

Pro — Pro

Highlights Event Volume: Up to 750M per month

Included
Highlights Metrics Data Points: Up to 3.75B per month

Included
Highlights Triggers: 100

Included
Highlights Distributed Tracing: Included
Highlights BubbleUp: Included
Highlights OpenTelemetry Support: Included
Highlights Team Query History: Included
Highlights Query Result Permalinks: Included
Highlights Honeycomb Metrics Canvas: Included
Highlights AI Copilot: Included
Highlights Honeycomb MCP Agent Timeline: Included
Highlights Service Level Objectives (SLOs): 2

Included
Highlights Single-Sign On (SSO): Included
Highlights Honeycomb Support: Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Elastic Observability Serverless

August 27, 2026 Source
- Logs Essentials: USD 0.07 monthly
- Complete: USD 0.09 monthly

Honeycomb

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free — Free: Free
- Pro — Pro: USD 150 monthly · USD 150 / month with annual commitment