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Best Cribl Stream Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from telemetry pipeline software ranked against Cribl Stream on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Bindplane Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $499/mo6.6
    Cribl Stream vs Bindplane
  2. 2
    Edge Delta Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $20/mo6.6
    Cribl Stream vs Edge Delta
  3. 3
    syslog-ng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.6
    Cribl Stream vs syslog-ng
  4. 4
    Tenzir Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Cribl Stream vs Tenzir
  5. 5
    AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Free plan AndroidapiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Cribl Stream vs AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
  6. 6
    Cribl Edge Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Cribl Stream vs Cribl Edge
  7. 7
    Fluent Bit Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Cribl Stream vs Fluent Bit
  8. 8
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo6.5
    Cribl Stream vs Honeycomb
  9. 9
    NXLog Free plan WebWinMacLinux $12.12/mo6.5
    Cribl Stream vs NXLog
  10. 10
    OpenSearch Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Cribl Stream vs OpenSearch
  11. 11
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.4
    Cribl Stream vs Grafana k6
  12. 12
    Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Cribl Stream vs Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline
  13. 13
    Elastic Agent Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $99/mo5.7
    Cribl Stream vs Elastic Agent
  14. 14
    OpenTelemetry Collector LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    Cribl Stream vs OpenTelemetry Collector
  15. 15
    Vector LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    Cribl Stream vs Vector
  16. 16
    Grafana Alloy LinuxMacWin 5.4
    Cribl Stream vs Grafana Alloy
  17. 18
    rsyslog LinuxWin 5.3
    Cribl Stream vs rsyslog
  18. 19
    Apica Flow Web 5.2
    Cribl Stream vs Apica Flow
  19. 20
    DataBahn 5.2
    Cribl Stream vs DataBahn
  20. 21
    PacketRanger 5.2
    Cribl Stream vs PacketRanger

Cribl Stream alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Bindplane6.6Free plan$499/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Edge Delta6.6Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3syslog-ng6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Tenzir6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
5AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry6.5Free planFreeAndroid, API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
6Cribl Edge6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7Fluent Bit6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Honeycomb6.5Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9NXLog6.5Free plan$12.12/moWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux
10OpenSearch6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Grafana k66.4Free plan$19/moLinux
12Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline5.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Elastic Agent5.7No$99/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14OpenTelemetry Collector5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15Vector5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16Grafana Alloy5.4No—Linux, Mac, Windows
18rsyslog5.3No—Linux, Windows
19Apica Flow5.2No—Web
20DataBahn5.2No——
21PacketRanger5.2No——
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Questions about Cribl Stream alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cribl Stream?

Bindplane, number 1 in telemetry pipeline software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Edge Delta, syslog-ng, Tenzir and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cribl Stream?

Bindplane is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.