telegraf
The premium Open Source alternative to Datadog Agent
🎯 Best for:SREs and developers building custom metric collection pipelines.
What is telegraf?
Replaces proprietary data collection agents with a flexible plugin-driven architecture. Collects and processes metrics from over 200 sources for various databases.
Tech Stack
GoMonitoring & Logs
Why telegraf?
- • Massive plugin ecosystem
- • Low memory footprint
- • Flexible data transformation
Limitations
- • Configuration can be verbose
- • No built-in visualization
- • Agent management at scale
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
429
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Datadog Agent)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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