thanos
The premium Open Source alternative to Datadog
🎯 Best for:Organizations running multiple Prometheus instances across different regions or clusters.
What is thanos?
A set of components that provides a highly available, long-term storage solution for Prometheus metrics. It leverages object storage like S3 or GCS to provide a global query view across multiple clusters.
Tech Stack
GoMonitoring & Logs
Why thanos?
- • Seamless Prometheus integration
- • Cost-effective S3 storage
- • Global query deduplication
Limitations
- • Complex multi-component architecture
- • Query latency on cold data
- • Requires object storage management
3/5/2026
Last Update
2,265
Forks
861
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
Financial Leak Detected
Stop the "SaaS Tax"
Your team could be burning cash. Switching to thanos instantly boosts your runway.
Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Datadog)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
SAVE 100%