ClickStack vs Last9 Logs
ClickStack
clickhouse.com
Last9 Logs
last9.ioSide by side
| Figure | ClickStack | Last9 Logs |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $53/mo | $700/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 2 |
| Spec score · Log Management Software | 9.3 (#4) | 8.4 (#35) |
| Deployment options | both | cloud |
| Integrations | Documented partners include Bindplane, bitdrift, Odigos and Telflo for collector management, mobile telemetry, eBPF tracing and routing control. | Last9 says it is OpenTelemetry native and supports more than 50 log sources; its broader platform lists 100+ integrations. |
| Log pipelines | No | Yes |
| Purpose | ClickStack is an open-source observability stack for OpenTelemetry that unifies logs, metrics, traces, session replays, and errors. | Last9 Logs streams, stores, and analyzes logs, with the product page describing millions of logs per minute. |
| Retention | Managed ClickStack advertises indefinite retention for high-cardinality telemetry and storage pricing below one cent per GB. | The product page says default retention is 14 days and describes long-term AWS S3 retention with on-demand rehydration. |
| Structured log parsing | Yes | Yes |
Plans
ClickStack
- ClickStack Open SourceFree
- ClickStack Open SourceFree
- Managed ClickStack trialFree
- Basic$53 a month
- Scale$437 a month
- Enterprise$571 a month
Last9 Logs
- AWS Marketplace 1-month contract — Platform fee$700 a month
- AWS Marketplace 1-month contract — Pay as you goPrice not published
In their own words
ClickStack
ClickStack is an open-source observability stack for OpenTelemetry that brings logs, metrics, traces, session replays, and errors into one system. Its HyperDX interface provides Lucene-style search, SQL access, dashboards, alerts, event deltas, and event patterns. A bundled OpenTelemetry Collector handles native collection, while non-OTel wide event data can be used when it has a timestamp field. ClickStack stores data in ClickHouse and is designed for high-cardinality telemetry, with the product site describing sub-second queries even on petabytes of data. It supports self-hosted, hybrid, and cloud deployment. Managed ClickStack runs on ClickHouse Cloud with operations, scaling, upgrades, backups, reliability, authentication, and user management included. The managed offer advertises indefinite retention and storage below one cent per GB. An MCP server connects observability workflows with coding tools, collaboration services, runbooks, and custom agents.