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OpenObserve vs OpenSearch
OpenObserve focuses solely on observability at petabyte scale, while OpenSearch provides a broader suite including search and security analytics.
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OpenObserveOpen source observability built for petabyte scale
OpenSearchOpen-source search and analytics suiteWhich to pick
Pick OpenObserve if you want…
- Unified, petabyte-scale observability
- Large-scale observability
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Datadog Agent (on OpenObserve's list, not OpenSearch's)
Pick OpenSearch if you want…
- Vendor-neutral search & analytics platform
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with Apache Lucene or OpenSearch Dashboards (on OpenSearch's list, not OpenObserve's)
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- What it is
- OpenObserve:OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform for logs, metrics and traces at petabyte scale.
- OpenSearch:OpenSearch is an Apache-2.0 licensed open-source suite for search, analytics, observability and security.
- Best for
- OpenObserve:Unified, petabyte-scale observability
- OpenSearch:Vendor-neutral search & analytics platform
- Who it’s for
- OpenObserve:Engineering teams needing high-performance, cost-effective observability.
- OpenSearch:Developers and enterprises building search, log analytics, and monitoring solutions.
- Pricing
- OpenObserve:Paid
- OpenSearch:Open source
- Plans
- OpenObserve:OpenObserve Cloud $0.50/GB per GB ingest
- OpenSearch:—
- Open source
- OpenObserve:Yes
- OpenSearch:Yes, 13,800 GitHub stars
- Works with
- OpenObserve:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Datadog Agent, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
- OpenSearch:Apache Lucene, OpenSearch Dashboards
OpenObserve features
- Unified observability stack. Collect, correlate and view logs, metrics, traces and more in a single platform.
- Columnar Parquet storage. Rust-based storage engine provides 140× storage efficiency and 30× compute efficiency.
- Auto-correlation engine. Analyzes millions of signals per second to automatically link related events.
- AI SRE agent. Continuously triages incidents, finds root cause and drafts post-mortems.
- AI assistant. Answers natural-language queries across all telemetry without writing queries.
- LLM observability. Tracks prompts, completions, token usage and cost for LLM applications.
- Kubernetes integration. One-click collector deploys logs, metrics, events and zero-code traces for clusters.
- OpenTelemetry-native ingestion. Supports OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Datadog agents for drop-in migration.
OpenSearch features
- Distributed Search Engine. Scalable, high-performance search built on Apache Lucene.
- OpenSearch Dashboards. Integrated visualization UI for data exploration and reporting.
- Machine Learning & AI. Vector search and anomaly detection for AI-driven applications.
- Observability Stack. Log analysis and infrastructure monitoring across hybrid or multicloud environments.
- Security Analytics. Real-time threat detection, threat intelligence and event correlation.
- Built-in Security. Enterprise-grade authentication, encryption and access controls.
OpenObserve vs OpenSearch FAQ
Is OpenObserve or OpenSearch free?+
OpenObserve is paid. OpenSearch is free and open source.
Is OpenObserve or OpenSearch open source?+
Yes, both are open source: OpenObserve and OpenSearch (opensearch-project/OpenSearch on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
Do OpenObserve and OpenSearch integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: OpenObserve lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Datadog Agent, Kubernetes and 3 more; OpenSearch lists Apache Lucene and OpenSearch Dashboards.
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