Monitoring Cost Calculator

Estimate observability platform costs from metrics, logs, and APM trace volumes.

Number of hosts

Custom metrics per host

Price per 100 metrics ($)

Log ingestion (GB/day)

Log ingestion price per GB ($)

Log retention (days)

APM spans per month

APM price per million spans ($)

Tab to move between fields

Total monthly cost

$336.7

Annual cost

$4,040.4

Metrics + infra cost / month$300.5

Logs cost / month$34.5

APM cost / month$1.7

Cost per host / month$16.84

Total custom metrics1,000

Log ingestion (GB/month)300

Metrics % of total89

Logs % of total10

APM % of total1

How to Use This Calculator

Enter the number of Hosts and Custom Metrics per Host.
Input the Metric Price per 100 metrics, Log Ingestion (GB/day), and Log Price per GB.
Set Log Retention Days and APM Spans per Month with the APM price per million spans.
Review Total Monthly Monitoring Cost and Annual Cost.
Use the breakdown by Metrics, Logs, and APM to identify which tier drives the most spend.

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