Elastic Observability Serverless vs OpenObserve

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

OpenObserve

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USD · US · source: openobserve.ai

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Professional	USD 0.5 monthly $0.50 per GB ingestion; $0.01 per GB query	Usage · per GB ingestion	Standalone · Usage based
Enterprise	Contact sales Contact sales	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Contact sales

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

OpenObserve

Professional

Plan card Logs, metrics and traces: Included
Plan card 15 months metrics retention: Included
Plan card 30 days non-metrics retention: Included

Enterprise

Plan card Infinite retention with BYOB: Included
Plan card Pipelines: Included
Plan card Advanced needs: 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

OpenObserve

August 27, 2026 Source
- Professional: USD 0.5 monthly
- Enterprise: Contact sales