SigNoz vs Prometheus Pricing (2026)
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SigNoz vs Prometheus

Observability Platforms pricing comparison · 2026

SigNoz pricing ranges from $0–$4000/month, while Prometheus ranges from $0–$2500/month. Prometheus is typically 93% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.

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SigNoz
SigNoz is an open source observability platform that provides APM, metrics, traces, and lo
verified 17d ago
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Prometheus
Prometheus is the leading open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit, originally
verified 27d ago
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Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Usage-based
Custom rates
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AWS Managed Service for Prometheus
$27K/yr
year 1 license · $90/seat
What buyers actually pay
median, annual
Vendr deal-flow data. The real benchmark, not list price.
No Vendr data
Not in Vendr's deal flow
Median annual
$20K/yr
Vendr · n=3 · limited data
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Sources & confidence

Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.

Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources No structured sources
Last verified 2w ago
Confidence High confidence
Sources 9 sourced facts
8 hidden-cost · Vendr median
Last verified 3w ago
Confidence High confidence
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Plans at a glance

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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
No hidden costs documented
4 documented
  • Engineering Operational Overhead (Self-Hosted)
    $20,000-$60,000/year in engineering time
    2 sources
  • Managed Service Cost Shock from Scrape Interval Misconfiguration
    4-5x cost increase vs expected
    2 sources
  • Managed Prometheus Expensive at Scale
    5-10x cost vs self-hosted at scale
    3 sources
  • Horizontal Scaling Requires Additional Infrastructure
    10-30% of license costs
    1 source
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
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Best for
Solo developers and small startups with DevOps expertise who want full control
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Best for
Teams with DevOps/SRE expertise who want full control and can manage infrastructure overhead
Watch out
Significant engineering overhead required to set up and maintain self-hosted stack
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License cost is computed from publicly listed plans (real math, list price × seats). Median annual cost is from Vendr's deal flow when available — see source badges. Hidden costs and contract terms each cite their own sources. We do not invent composite scores.
Observability Platforms

SigNoz

$0–$4000
/month
3 plans · Free tier
Full pricing breakdown →
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Observability Platforms

Prometheus

$0–$2500
/month
6 plans · Free tier
Full pricing breakdown →

SigNoz and Prometheus both operate in the observability platforms category. This page compares their list pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan SigNoz Prometheus
Community Free /free Free /month
Teams $49 /month base + usage Free /month
Enterprise $4K /month (starting) $19 /month + usage
AWS Managed Service for Prometheus $90 /month (usage-based, ~1B samples)
Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus $60 /month (usage-based, ~1B samples)
Enterprise / Custom (Chronosphere, Sysdig, etc.) Custom

Cost at Scale

Total cost of ownership — licenses, implementation, and hidden costs included.

SigNoz

3 scenarios
$54/month ($49 base + $5 usage)
Small Development Team
$123/month ($49 base + $74 usage)
Growing Startup
$4,000
Enterprise Deployment
+/month (custom enterprise pricing)

Prometheus

9 scenarios
$50
Self-Hosted Small Team (10 services)
$100/month
$400
Self-Hosted Production (High Availability)
$800/month
$0/month
Grafana Cloud Free Tier
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