What is Axiom used for?

Axiom is a cloud data platform for ingesting, storing and querying logs, traces and other event data without managing the storage layer. It is a good fit for retaining full logs cheaply, and querying traces and events during incidents.

Yes. Axiom has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month.

Is Axiom open source?

No. Axiom is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Axiom include SigNoz, HyperDX and Uptrace.

What are some alternatives to Axiom?

Axiom competes with Datadog, Logz.io and Sumo Logic. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Axiom alternatives.

Axiom: features, pricing and alternatives

About Axiom

Axiom is a commercial machine data platform. It accepts logs, traces and other event data without requiring a fixed schema, stores them in a managed event store, and lets teams query them later, so they can keep full data without running the infrastructure themselves.

The web interface includes a query builder and editor, a live stream, dashboards, monitors and a library of datasets. Queries use a pipeline-style language, for example filtering with where and aggregating with summarize, and sample datasets in the interface show use with API gateways, Kubernetes events, Vercel logs, OpenTelemetry spans and database metrics. Teams use it for debugging, metrics and operational analytics. Axiom is proprietary and vendor-hosted. You can start for free, talk to sales and read the documentation, and the vendor publishes a pricing page.

Key features

Schema-less ingest of logs and events
Managed event store
Pipeline-style query language
Dashboards and monitors
Live stream of incoming events
Dataset library for different sources

Good fit for

→Retaining full logs cheaply
→Querying traces and events during incidents

Tags: log-management; observability; event-data; tracing; dashboards; monitoring; saas

Axiom: questions and answers

What is Axiom used for?: Axiom is a cloud data platform for ingesting, storing and querying logs, traces and other event data without managing the storage layer. It is a good fit for retaining full logs cheaply, and querying traces and events during incidents.
Is Axiom free?: Yes. Axiom has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month.
Is Axiom open source?: No. Axiom is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Axiom include SigNoz, HyperDX and Uptrace.
What are some alternatives to Axiom?: Axiom competes with Datadog, Logz.io and Sumo Logic. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Axiom alternatives.