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No. 8 of 49 ·Kubernetes Monitoring

Honeycomb

Web · Android · iPhone · Self-hosted · API · paid plans from $150/mo

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Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.6

  • Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
  • Open codeNo open-source code on record
  • Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
  • DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Honeycomb is ranked #8 of 49 in Kubernetes monitoring on Freedom251. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $150/mo.

Honeycomb plans and pricing

All plans
Free Free Free forever Up to 20M events/month · Up to 100M metrics data points/month · 2 triggers honeycomb.io · 29 Sept 2026
Pro $150/mo Starting at $150 per month Up to 750M events/month · Up to 3.75B metrics data points/month · 100 triggers · 2 SLOs honeycomb.io · 29 Sept 2026
Enterprise Not published Custom plans to fit your needs Variable event volume · Variable metrics data points · Starts with 300 triggers · Starts with 100 SLOs · Starts with a base allowance of 10 billion events per year honeycomb.io · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on Kubernetes monitoring

Free plan
Yes
Paid from
$150/mo
Distributed tracing
Yes
Transaction tracing
Yes
Dependency mapping
Yes
Real user monitoring
Yes
Log correlation
Yes
Deployment model
hybrid

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