SolarWinds Observability vs VictoriaMetrics
| SolarWinds Observability | VictoriaMetrics | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | $5/mo | $200/mo |
| Platforms | api, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Paid from | 5 /mo | 200 /mo |
| Distributed tracing | Yes | |
| Transaction tracing | Yes | |
| Dependency mapping | Yes | |
| Real user monitoring | Yes | |
| Log correlation | Yes | |
| Deployment model | hybrid | |
| Real-user monitoring | Yes | |
| SQL support | No | |
| Deployment | both | |
| Retention policies | Yes | |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | |
| Query languages | MetricsQL, PromQL | |
| Ingestion methods | Prometheus scraping, Prometheus remote write, Prometheus exposition, InfluxDB line protocol, Graphite plaintext, OpenTSDB, JSON line, CSV, native binary, DataDog, NewRelic, OpenTelemetry, Zabbix Connector |
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