Best Observability Apm · FREE
Best free Observability Apm (2026)
6 observability apm that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: AppSignal at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: AppSignal, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, New Relic, Sentry, SigNoz.
- Data current through: 2026-06-14.
Comparison
| # | Observability Apm | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AppSignal | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | — | Ruby on Rails and Elixir/Phoenix teams wanting first-class language support | getapp.com |
| 2 | Grafana Cloud | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Prometheus-native and OpenTelemetry shops wanting hosted Grafana | grafana.com |
| 3 | Honeycomb | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Engineering teams practicing observability-driven development | honeycomb.io |
| 4 | New Relic | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Teams wanting a generous free tier before committing | newrelic.com |
| 5 | Sentry | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Developer-led teams wanting free error monitoring before paying for APM | sentry.io |
| 6 | SigNoz | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | OpenTelemetry-first teams wanting a fully OTel-native managed backend | signoz.io |