Best Telemetry Pipeline Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Elastic Agent is ranked #1 of 25 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Bindplane and Edge Delta. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Bindplane. The lowest first paid tier on this page is NXLog at $12.12/mo.
25 telemetry pipeline software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Logs support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elastic Agent | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $99/mo | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 2 | Bindplane | 8.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $499/mo | Yes | 499 /mo | Yes | View |
| 3 | Edge Delta | 8.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $20/mo | — | — | Yes | View |
| 4 | Cribl Stream | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 5 | Honeycomb | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $150/mo | Yes | 150 /mo | — | View |
| 6 | AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry | 7.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 7 | Cribl Edge | 7.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 8 | Tenzir | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 9 |  Vector | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 10 |  Fluent Bit | 6.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | No | — | Yes | View |
| 11 |  OpenTelemetry Collector | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 12 | Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 13 |  Apica Flow | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 14 |  NXLog | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $12.12/mo | Yes | 12.12 /mo | — | View |
| 15 | DataBahn | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 16 |  Logstash | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 17 |  syslog-ng | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 18 | Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Yes | View |
| 19 |  Fluentd | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 20 |  Telegraf | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 21 |  rsyslog | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 22 |  PacketRanger | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 23 | Mezmo | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 24 |  Sawmills | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 2,500 /mo | Yes | View |
| 25 | OpenSearch | 4.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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Numbered spots on this list can be sponsored. They are labelled, and the editorial order and scores never change for payment.
Questions about this list
Which telemetry pipeline software is ranked first on Inferse?
Elastic Agent is ranked #1 of 25 with a score of 8.8. Bindplane is second and Edge Delta third.
How many of these have a free plan?
6 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, NXLog has the lowest first paid tier we found: $12.12/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.