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Indie alternatives to Datadog

10 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what Datadog does, 9 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

The alternatives

1. Beszel

Lightweight self-hosted server monitoring with Docker stats

Beszel is an open-source server monitoring hub that tracks CPU, memory, disk, network and Docker container usage, with history and alerts.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

2. Axiom

Event and log data platform with fast querying

Axiom stores and queries logs, traces and event data for observability and analytics with a query language and dashboards.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

3. Better Stack

Uptime monitoring, incident management, logs and status pages

Better Stack combines uptime checks, on-call alerting, status pages, log management and dashboards in one service.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

5. HyperDX

Observability on ClickHouse for logs, traces and replays

HyperDX, part of ClickHouse, is an open-source observability UI for searching logs, traces, metrics and session replays.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

6. Netdata

Real-time infrastructure monitoring with per-second metrics

Netdata is a monitoring agent that auto-detects services and shows per-second metrics, anomalies and alerts for servers and containers.

Free plan · Linux, Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

7. OpenObserve

Observability platform for logs, metrics and traces

OpenObserve is an open-source observability backend that stores logs, metrics and traces on object storage for lower cost.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

8. SigNoz

Open-source observability with logs, metrics and traces

SigNoz is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform that combines APM, logs, metrics and traces in one app.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

9. Uptrace

OpenTelemetry APM with traces, metrics and logs

Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-based APM tool built on ClickHouse for distributed tracing, metrics and logs.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

10. AppSignal

Application performance monitoring and error tracking

AppSignal provides APM, error tracking, host metrics, logging and uptime monitoring for Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, Python and front-end apps.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to Datadog?

Yes. 9 of the 10 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: Beszel, Axiom, Better Stack, Grafana and 5 more.

Is there an open-source alternative to Datadog?

Beszel, Grafana, HyperDX, Netdata and 3 more are open source.

Can I self-host an alternative to Datadog?

Yes: Beszel, Grafana, HyperDX, Netdata and 3 more can run on your own server.

Which Datadog alternatives work on Mac, Windows, iPhone or Android?

On Linux: Beszel and Netdata. On the web: Axiom, Better Stack, Grafana and 6 more.

What makes these alternatives to Datadog “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as Datadog.

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