| Price from | — | $1,500/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 4 |
| Spec score · Telemetry Pipeline Software | 7.3 (#23) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Deployment | Flow is available for on-premises and cloud environments, and Apica offers a fully managed SaaS option. | Telegraf Controller is self-hosted as a single binary and runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Intended users | Apica describes Flow as built for enterprises managing telemetry across observability, security, analytics, and AI tools. | The open source edition is described as optimal for personal, small, and simple data pipelines. |
| Purpose | Apica Flow processes, enriches, and routes telemetry before it reaches observability platforms. | Telegraf is an open source agent for collecting metrics from infrastructure, applications, and devices. |
| Security | Apica’s Trust & Security Center says the company holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications. | The maker says open source Telegraf has no native access control; Enterprise adds RBAC, API tokens, and TLS support. |
| Support | Apica directs technical support questions to its support email address. | Enterprise Support offers Gold-level SLAs, expert troubleshooting for Telegraf Controller and official plugins, and guaranteed response times. |