Alternatives to Elastic Observability
Observability built on the Elastic Stack
An observability solution built on Elasticsearch for collecting and analyzing logs, metrics, and traces.
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Grafana
Dashboards and visualization for observability
observabilitydashboards
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0
Jaeger
Distributed tracing for debugging microservices
observabilitytracing
Updated 2/20/2026Apache-2.0
Loki
Log aggregation designed for label-based querying
observabilitylogs
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0
OpenSearch
Search and analytics engine for logs and events
observabilitysearch
Updated 2/20/2026Apache-2.0
OpenTelemetry
Open standard for instrumentation and telemetry pipelines
observabilitytelemetry
Updated 2/20/2026Apache-2.0
Prometheus
Open-source metrics monitoring and alerting
observabilitymetrics
Updated 2/20/2026Apache-2.0
Tempo
Distributed tracing backend for high-volume traces
observabilitytracing
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0