Elastic Observability vs HyperDX
Elastic Observability
elastic.coHyperDX
hyperdx.ioSide by side
| Figure | Elastic Observability | HyperDX |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $20/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Log Management Software | 8.4 (#34) | 9.1 (#9) |
| Spec score · Application Performance & Observability - Midmarket Software | 8.1 (#11) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Spec score · Observability Platforms | 8.2 (#13) | 9.0 (#3) |
| Deployment | Elastic lists Serverless, Hosted, and self-managed deployment options for Observability; Serverless is fully managed, while self-managed deployments can run on customer infrastructure. | both |
| Integrations | Elastic says its Serverless offering includes over 350 integrations, and its infrastructure monitoring overview lists more than 400 out-of-the-box integrations. | Documented ingestion options include OpenTelemetry, Fluentd, Fluent Bit, Syslog, AWS services, Cloudflare Workers, Docker, Fly.io, Heroku, Kubernetes and Vercel. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Structured log parsing | Yes | Yes |
| Support | For Serverless, limited support is included with a Standard subscription; the listed Gold, Platinum, and Enterprise support charges are 5%, 10%, and 15% of consumption. | The site lists [email protected] and links to its Discord community. |
Plans
Elastic Observability
- Observability Serverless CompletePrice not published
- Observability Serverless Logs EssentialsPrice not published
In their own words
Elastic Observability
Elastic Observability has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
HyperDX
HyperDX is a cloud-based production monitoring and debugging tool that brings logs, metrics, traces, and user sessions together. It is an open-source observability platform powered by ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry, with cloud and self-hosted deployment options across web, Linux, API, and self-hosted environments. Full-text search works across events without complex query syntax. Users can create visualizations and alerts, while notifications can go to Slack, email, or PagerDuty. Session replays link automatically with backend logs and traces, and recurring log patterns are grouped into clusters. Documented SDKs cover Elixir, Go, Java, browser JavaScript, Nest.js, Next.js, Node.js, Python, React Native, and Ruby on Rails. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 3 GB monthly, 3-day retention, and one user. Starter costs $20 a month with 50 GB, 30-day retention, and unlimited users. Enterprise has custom pricing. Billing adds charges above 50 GB monthly and for metrics usage.