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Bilis
by Bilis
What Bilis is
Bilis stores and searches application logs and traces through a web viewer, API, or self-hosted deployment. It accepts OTLP/HTTP logs and traces in JSON or protobuf, plain JSON records, and Sentry SDK envelopes over HTTP. The viewer searches log bodies and filters by time, project, service, and severity; text matching is case-insensitive and whole-word only. Traces appear as span waterfalls, with trace IDs linking them to related logs, and users can tail logs live or export archives. Bilis can ingest Claude Code telemetry, and an assistant can search logs and open traces through a read-only MCP connection. Logs and spans are stored in OpenTelemetry-compatible ClickHouse tables. Hosted records are retained for 30 days. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 3 projects and 5 members per team, 100,000 log records plus spans per day, and 30-day retention. Self-hosted costs nothing and runs on the user's hardware without an allowance or usage meter. Bilis v1 does not include alerting, user-defined dashboards, saved searches, eBPF collection, S3 tiering, ClickHouse replication, or OTLP over gRPC.
Who it suits
Bilis suits teams running production software who want to operate observability on hardware they own or use a hosted service. Its self-hosted option has no usage meter, while hosted users should account for the 30-day retention period.
What it does well
- Supports OTLP/HTTP, plain JSON, and Sentry SDK envelopes.
- Trace waterfalls link to logs through trace IDs.
- Live log tailing and archive export are available.
- Self-hosted plan has no allowance or usage meter.
What to know first
- Hosted records are retained for 30 days.
- Text matching is whole-word only.
- No alerting or user-defined dashboards in v1.
- Successful ingest response means data is queued, not durably written.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 3 projects/team · 5 members/team · 100,000 log records plus spans/day · 30-day log and span retention · 1,200 ingest requests/minute/API key · soft limits | Free |
| Self-hosted | Runs on your own hardware · no plan, allowance, or usage meter | Free |
| Team | More projects and members · longer retention · volume sized to usage · priority support | On request |
As bilis.app lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Bilis provides log and trace search with hosted and self-managed deployment choices. Consider its retention, search behavior, and v1 omissions when deciding whether it covers your operational needs.
Facts from Bilis's own pages
- Archive export
- Yes · bilis.app, 23 Sept 2026
- Coding agents
- Claude Code telemetry can be ingested, and an assistant can search logs and open traces through a read-only MCP connection. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The hosted service stores account and log data on OVH servers in France, within the EU. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- both · bilis.app, 23 Sept 2026
- Durability
- A successful ingest response means data was queued, not durably written, and the maker advises keeping another copy of important data. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · bilis.app, 23 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Košice, Slovakia · bilis.app, 19 Oct 2026
- Ingestion
- It accepts OTLP/HTTP logs and traces in JSON or protobuf, plain JSON records, and Sentry SDK envelopes over HTTP. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Bilis works with OpenTelemetry exporters and existing Sentry SDKs through its HTTP ingest endpoints. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Bilis as a tool for teams that run software in production and want to operate observability on hardware they own. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Bilis v1 does not include alerting, user-defined dashboards, saved searches, eBPF collection, S3 tiering, ClickHouse replication, or OTLP over gRPC. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yes · bilis.app, 23 Sept 2026
- Log search
- The viewer supports full-text search over log bodies and filters for time, project, service, and severity; text matching is case-insensitive and whole-word only. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Bilis stores and searches application logs and traces, with a web viewer for filtering, live tail, and trace inspection. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Retention
- Hosted log records are retained for 30 days and then deleted automatically; the free plan also states 30-day retention for logs and spans. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker states that hosted data is encrypted in transit with TLS and at rest, API keys are stored as hashes, production access uses multi-factor authentication, and project data is isolated at the query layer. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Storage format
- Logs and spans are stored in OpenTelemetry-compatible ClickHouse tables that the maker describes as portable and readable by other tools. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yes · bilis.app, 23 Sept 2026
- Support
- Hosted service support is by email on business days; the Team plan offers priority support through a direct line. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Trace viewer
- Traces are shown as span waterfalls, with logs and traces linked to each other by trace ID. · bilis.app, 11 Oct 2026
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