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Elastic Observability Serverless vs Papertrail

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

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

USD · US · source: www.papertrail.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Log Observability Highlighted
USD 5 per GB

Starts at: $5.00 Per GB per month*

Usage · Per GB per month Standalone · Usage based

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

Papertrail

Log Observability

Highlights

Intuitive Web-based log viewer

Included

Highlights

Team-wide groups & searches

Included

Highlights

Unlimited systems & users

Included

Highlights

Encrypted logging

Included

Highlights

Long-term archive

Included

Highlights

REST API

Included

Highlights

Search alerts

Included

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Elastic Observability Serverless

    • Logs Essentials: USD 0.07 monthly
    • Complete: USD 0.09 monthly