Observability pricing, vendors side by side
What infrastructure monitoring and log ingestion cost at the observability vendors we track, read off each vendor's own page with a link on every row.
Price one workload across every observability vendor
Starts at 10 hosts and 200 GB of logs a month. Change the numbers and the table re-sorts, cheapest first.
| Vendor | Estimated month | Cheapest listed option | What is not priced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog | $170.00 | Pay as you go: Infrastructure Pro, billed annually, Log Management ingestion | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 | |
| New Relic | from $40.00 | Free: Data ingest beyond 100 GB (original data) | No listed price for hosts | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
| Grafana Labs | from $79.00 | Pro ($19.00 a month): Logs written (beyond 50 GB on Pro) | No listed price for hosts | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
List prices in USD before tax and discounts. Each vendor is priced on its cheapest plan that lists a rate for every line, and the vendor's own region and tier assumptions apply (see each vendor page). "From" means some lines have no listed price, so the real bill is higher.
The rates behind the estimate
The published rate for each line of the workload, with the free or included amount. Each row links to the vendor's own pricing page.
| Vendor | Rate | Free or included | Plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog | Infrastructure Pro, billed annually$15 per host-month | None | All | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
| Infrastructure Pro, on-demand$18 per host-month | None | All | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 | |
| Log Management ingestion$0.10 per GB | None | All | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 | |
| Grafana Labs | Logs written (beyond 50 GB on Pro)$0.40 per GB | First 50 GB included | Pro | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
| New Relic | Data ingest beyond 100 GB (original data)$0.40 per GB | First 100 GB included | All | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
| Data ingest beyond 100 GB (Data Plus)$0.60 per GB | First 100 GB included | All | Sourcechecked 2026-10-25 |
How to choose observability on price
Logs grow faster than hosts
Ingest and retention differ
Users can cost money
Observability pricing questions
Which observability vendor is cheapest?
Only Datadog publishes enough rates to price 10 hosts and 200 GB of logs a month: about $170.00 a month on list prices, checked 2026-10-25. The others need a quote.
How is the estimate worked out?
Each vendor is priced on its cheapest plan that lists a rate for every line of the workload: the plan fee plus each usage line, after any free or included amount. A plan's monthly minimum counts as a floor. Volume tiers are applied in order. Taxes, discounts and committed-use deals are left out.
How current are these prices?
Every rate was read off the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-10-25 and links to it. Prices change often: check the vendor's page before you commit, and tell us if a number here is out of date.
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