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Axiom costs Free to $100 per month as of July 2026, with 6 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Personal (free), Axiom Cloud at $25/month, RBAC at $50/month, Audit Log at $50/month, SSO at $100/month, and Directory Sync at $100/month. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

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  • Free tier: Yes

Axiom offers 6 pricing tiers: Personal, Axiom Cloud, RBAC, Audit Log, SSO, Directory Sync. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Axiom Cloud at $25/month, RBAC at $50/mo, Audit Log at $50/mo.

Axiom lists $0-$100/month, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of July 2026. Key hidden costs: query compute, saml single sign-on (sso), directory sync. Verified from 1 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

1

Query Compute

high overage

Running numerous ad hoc diagnostic queries or auto-refreshing dashboards, especially during an incident, can quickly increase costs as query compute is metered.

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Query Compute: Running numerous ad hoc diagnostic queries or auto-refreshing dashboards, especially during an incident, can quickly increase costs as query compute is metered

2

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)

low addon

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) is available as a separate fixed monthly add-on for Axiom Cloud customers.

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Enterprise Add-ons: Specific enterprise features are available as separate fixed monthly add-ons for Axiom Cloud customers: * SAML Single Sign-On (SSO): $100/month

3

Directory Sync

low addon

Directory Sync is available as a separate fixed monthly add-on for Axiom Cloud customers.

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Enterprise Add-ons: Specific enterprise features are available as separate fixed monthly add-ons for Axiom Cloud customers: * SAML Single Sign-On (SSO): $100/month

4

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

low addon

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is available as a separate fixed monthly add-on for Axiom Cloud customers.

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Enterprise Add-ons: Specific enterprise features are available as separate fixed monthly add-ons for Axiom Cloud customers: * SAML Single Sign-On (SSO): $100/month

5

Audit Log

low addon

Full access to the Audit Log is available as a separate fixed monthly add-on for Axiom Cloud customers; the default provides 3 days of audit log query.

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Enterprise Add-ons: Specific enterprise features are available as separate fixed monthly add-ons for Axiom Cloud customers: * SAML Single Sign-On (SSO): $100/month

6

Professional Services and Training

medium support

Axiom offers additional support options for purchase, including named or dedicated support engineers, training, and professional services.

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Professional Services and Training: Axiom offers additional support options for purchase, including named or dedicated support engineers, training, and professional services

7

Storage for Longer Retention

medium overage

Longer retention periods will proportionally increase storage costs, as billing is for actual storage consumed.

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Storage for Longer Retention: While Axiom boasts high data compression (over 95%) to reduce storage costs, longer retention periods will proportionally increase storage costs, as billing is for actual storage consumed

8

Transfer Fees and vCPU

low implementation

One user mentioned 'transfer fees, vcpu' as potential additional costs with logging platforms, though these are general cloud infrastructure costs rather than specific Axiom charges.

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Transfer Fees and vCPU: One user on Hacker News mentioned "transfer fees, vcpu" as potential additional costs with logging platforms, though these are general cloud infrastructure costs rather than specific Axiom charges

Frequently Asked Questions

01 What hidden costs should I budget for with Axiom?

Beyond the license fee, budget for: Query Compute ($1,000-per-cycle); SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) ($100/month); Directory Sync ($100/month); Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) ($50/month); Audit Log ($50/month). Exact totals depend on your deployment size and negotiated terms.

02 Does Axiom charge for implementation?

Axiom implementation is not included in the license cost. One user mentioned 'transfer fees, vcpu' as potential additional costs with logging platforms, though these are general cloud infrastructure costs rather than specific Axiom charges..

03 How much does Axiom support cost?

Axiom offers additional support options for purchase, including named or dedicated support engineers, training, and professional services..

04 Are there overage or storage costs with Axiom?

Running numerous ad hoc diagnostic queries or auto-refreshing dashboards, especially during an incident, can quickly increase costs as query compute is metered.. Estimated impact: $1,000-per-cycle.

05 What add-ons cost extra with Axiom?

Add-on pricing for Axiom varies by feature. The sourced cost breakdown above lists any verified add-on costs we have.

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