Hey everyone! We're currently using Dynatrace for our observability pipeline, but it's getting pretty costly, and as a small team, we're looking for open-source alternatives. I recently stumbled upon OpenObserve and found it promising, but I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences with it before making any decisions. Please share your insights!
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I've tested OpenObserve locally while working on some open observability projects. It’s user-friendly and pretty intuitive, but I found the UI to be a bit lacking during my small tests.
We’re exploring similar options, so take this with a grain of salt, but have you checked out Parseable? It's open-source and designed for teams looking for a unified solution for logs, traces, and events, all in one place with a clean UI. Plus, it uses S3-compatible storage to avoid scaling headaches. Just thought I'd throw that out there!
Yes, I run OpenObserve at a decent scale and have also worked with the Grafana stack. OpenObserve is definitely easier to scale, and they have clear documentation on that. Plus, it's a lot cheaper than Loki for complex searches. The team is very responsive on Slack, unlike Grafana. However, I do feel the UI needs improvement—it tries to mimic Kibana but can be tricky to navigate initially.
If your team has solid engineering skills, you might want to consider the LGTM stack instead. I haven't heard much about OpenObserve; their offer doesn't seem particularly exciting, and some of their claims feel a bit sketchy. It's always good to verify things on your own!
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