Error & Log Monitoring · decision tool
Axiom alternatives — ranked for your stack
Leaving Axiom? The other monitoring platform options ranked at your usage, budget and constraints with verified dated pricing — plus when Axiom is still the right call.
Prices verified 2026-07-17 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration
As of Jul 2026, with 50,000 error events/month, 10 GB logs/month, a $50 budget for this slot, Grafana Cloud ranks first for these inputs at 97% fit and a StackSays-estimated $0/month (New Relic: 96% fit, $0/month). Fit weights are our estimates; prices trace to official pages. Change any input below and the verdict recomputes.
Your situation
The verdict updates as you move these.
Toss-up — your priorities decide, not the tools
The full LGTM stack with a solid forever-free tier; Pro metering is easy to underestimate
vs New Relic: fit 97% against 96%, est $0 against $0 per month — genuinely close; read both risk lists below
Comparing 6 tools head-to-head. Open the full field (7 options) →
The decision, in plain words
For a solo builder at 50,000 error events/month and a $50.00/mo budget for the monitoring platform slot, Grafana Cloud leads at 97% fit and $0/mo. The two rules doing the work: budget fit (Runs free at your usage — $0 vs your $50/mo budget); free-tier runway (Your usage fits the free tier today (50GB logs + 50GB traces + 50GB profiles + 10K metric series, 3 users, 14-day retention)).
New Relic is a genuine coin-flip here (96% fit, $0/mo) — read both risk lists and pick the failure mode you prefer.
Generated from the calculation above — every number traces to the sourced data; nothing here is written by an AI making things up.
Why Grafana Cloud scores 97%
How the $0/mo estimate is calculated
Your usage fits Grafana Cloud's free tier (50GB logs + 50GB traces + 50GB profiles + 10K metric series, 3 users, 14-day retention) — the estimate is $0.
What could change this verdict
Cost risk
Official prices verified 2026-07-17; calculation is deterministic code over those prices.
At a glance
| Tool | Free tier | Paid entry | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentry | 5K errors + 5GB logs + 5M spans/month, 1 user, 30-day lookback | Team $26/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| GlitchTip | 1,000 events/month, unlimited projects and team members | Small $15/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Better Stack | 3GB logs + 3GB traces (3-day retention), 10 uptime monitors, 1 status page | Telemetry Nano $30/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Grafana Cloud | 50GB logs + 50GB traces + 50GB profiles + 10K metric series, 3 users, 14-day retention | Pro $19/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| New Relic | 100GB/month all-telemetry ingest, 1 full-platform user, retention ≥8 days | Standard $10/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Datadog | No free tier | Infrastructure Pro + logs $15/mo | 2026-07-17 |
Data sources
| Tool | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Sentry | Sentry pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| GlitchTip | GlitchTip pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Better Stack | Better Stack pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Grafana Cloud | Grafana Cloud pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| New Relic | New Relic pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Datadog | Datadog pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
A monitor re-checks these pages for changes; when a vendor moves a price, the date updates and every verdict recomputes.