OpenObserve Enterprise Cloud

What do you like best about the product?

I love OpenObserve for its simplicity and low cost, especially since it offers everything I used to have in Splunk but cheaper. I appreciate the ability to self-host, which was smooth to set up with ECS Fargate. The community is also great, being really approachable and quick in development, like with the Terraform provider and MCP Server capabilities. Building dashboards and alerts is straightforward because it uses custom SQL. Overall, OpenObserve provides a full solution for my custom scripts automation and integrates data webhooks efficiently into a single pane of glass.

What do you dislike about the product?

Using DEX for OKTA SSO with OpenObserve requires an enterprise license, which I find less than ideal. I wish this capability could be provided natively rather than relying on the DEX broker.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use OpenObserve for centralized backup and KPI reporting, offering a full solution for script automation and data integration. It simplifies dashboard and alert development with custom SQL, providing cost-effective features I used to have in Splunk.

What do you like best about the product?

I like that OpenObserve offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it easy to navigate and use effectively. The excellent compression of logs is a major benefit, as it helps us preserve valuable disk space. Additionally, the setup was very easy by integrating it with our existing Kubernetes cluster via their Helm chart. I appreciate the clean and familiar interface (previously using GCP Logs Explorer) and the ability to keep everything within our network, which was a key reason for switching.

What do you dislike about the product?

No real dislikes, but the enriching could be a little more intuitive / an interactive builder for functions.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

OpenObserve centralises our infrastructure logs cleanly, preserving disk space with excellent compression, and offers an intuitive interface.

What do you like best about the product?

OpenObserve is easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to get value from.

What do you dislike about the product?

Sometimes I get surprised by how much money I can spend on a search request. I wish there was more visibility into, "Hey, this request you are running is going to query a ton of data and cost a non-trivial amount of time and money"... But that could also be a skill gap.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves the Observability control space for my clients, and it also provides great alerting for when issues are arising in my environments.

What do you like best about the product?

I use OpenObserve for several internal projects and appreciate how easy it was to set up. It handles high volumes of logs without breaking a sweat and is super fast to query, making troubleshooting a breeze. What stands out to me is how OpenObserve brings logs, metrics, and traces into one place, and querying logs using standard SQL and metrics with PromQL is a huge advantage. The open-source, cloud-native nature offers amazing value, making it a really cost-effective alternative. Having everything centralized saves us from jumping between tools and makes incident tracking simpler. The system is easy to learn since our team was already familiar with PromQL and SQL, saving us time during our transition. Additionally, the support team was helpful, making dashboard and alert migrations easy with AI tools like Claude.

What do you dislike about the product?

I think the UI can be improved to make it easier for new users to navigate.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use OpenObserve to handle high volumes of logs effortlessly, cutting down infrastructure costs with cheap storage, and simplifying querying with SQL and PromQL. It consolidates logs, metrics, and traces, easing troubleshooting and reducing operational complexity.

What do you like best about the product?

Its easy to self-host, handles the OTel primitives really well, and even has RUM capabilities.

What do you dislike about the product?

None so far. There is a lot of focus on AI-related tooling that we dont use, but there is also more than enough capability focused on the core features.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its an easy and affordable way to get a great deal of observability into your systems, couple that with its powerful OSS version and ease of hosting and I haven't encountered anything else like it.