#9 in Monitoring & ObservabilityUpdated 2026-08

SigNoz

by SigNoz · OpenTelemetry-native observability with usage-based pricing

68.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

SigNoz is an observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that keeps traces, logs, metrics, dashboards and alerts in one workspace. Telemetry is held in a ClickHouse columnar store and queried with a query builder, PromQL or ClickHouse SQL. It runs on SigNoz Cloud, self-hosted, or in a customer's own cloud, and exposes an MCP server for coding agents.

Best for: Engineering teams wanting OpenTelemetry-native logs, traces and metrics in one tool, cloud or self-hosted
Pricing: Cloud Teams starts at $49/month including $49 of usage, then $0.30/GB for logs and for traces and $0.10 per million metric samples; Enterprise starts at $4,000/month; the Community Edition is free to self-host.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Logs, traces and metrics in one OpenTelemetry-native tool
No per-host or per-user billing; unlimited teammates
Cloud, self-hosted or bring-your-own-cloud deployment
SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA; data centres in US, EU and India

Trade-offs

Usage-based billing rises with telemetry volume and retention
SSO and SAML are not in the free Community Edition
RBAC, audit logs and multi-tenancy are marked coming soon
Dedicated Slack and team training only above $999 monthly spend

Pricing

Published plans from SigNoz’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

SigNoz pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Teams	$49per month, including $49 of usage	Access to all features on SigNoz Cloud Then $0.30/GB traces, $0.30/GB logs, $0.10/mn metric samples Unlimited teammates and any number of hosts MCP server and Noz AI teammate; chat, email and Slack support
Enterprise	Contact sales	Starts at $4,000/month, including monthly ingestion to that value Dedicated cloud, bring-your-own-cloud, or self-host with support Volume discounts, annual contracts, HIPAA and BAA agreements Guided migration, team training, SLA with downtime developer pairing
Community Edition	—self-managed	Open-source version you install and manage yourself Aimed at solo developers and small startups with DevOps expertise SSO and SAML are cloud-only, not included here

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 20 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 65 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 75 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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