What is Observe used for?

Observe is an observability platform that stores logs, metrics and traces in a data lake for fast search, correlation and AI-assisted troubleshooting. It is a good fit for moving off Splunk or ELK for log analytics and retaining large telemetry volumes affordably.

How much does Observe cost?

Observe doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.

Is Observe open source?

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

What are some alternatives to Observe?

Observe competes with Datadog, Splunk and Chronosphere. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Observe alternatives.

Observe: features, pricing and alternatives

About Observe

Observe is a commercial observability platform built on a streaming data lake. Rather than indexing telemetry in a conventional search cluster, it keeps logs, metrics and traces in open formats on low-cost cloud storage, which the vendor says allows more data to be retained at lower cost with faster search and correlation.

The platform covers log management, application performance monitoring and infrastructure monitoring. It adds an AI SRE that correlates signals through natural language and suggests root causes, LLM observability, a context graph that structures telemetry with semantic relationships, and an ingest pipeline that uses OpenTelemetry to avoid vendor lock-in.

Observe publishes comparison pages against Splunk and the ELK stack and now belongs to Snowflake, with pricing hosted on the Snowflake site. It offers a free trial and demos, and it is a good match for teams with large telemetry volumes who are looking for an alternative to older log analytics systems.

Key features

Log management on an open data lake
Application and infrastructure monitoring
AI SRE for root cause suggestions
LLM observability
Context graph linking telemetry
OpenTelemetry-based ingest pipeline

Good fit for

→Moving off Splunk or ELK for log analytics
→Retaining large telemetry volumes affordably

Tags: observability; log-management; apm; data-lake; opentelemetry; ai-sre; snowflake

Observe: questions and answers

What is Observe used for?: Observe is an observability platform that stores logs, metrics and traces in a data lake for fast search, correlation and AI-assisted troubleshooting. It is a good fit for moving off Splunk or ELK for log analytics and retaining large telemetry volumes affordably.
How much does Observe cost?: Observe doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
Is Observe open source?: No. Observe is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Observe include SigNoz, Quickwit and HyperDX.
What are some alternatives to Observe?: Observe competes with Datadog, Splunk and Chronosphere. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Observe alternatives.