Log Management · pricing
Stackdriver pricing
Stackdriver publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the log management tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Stackdriver plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Stackdriver stops being free
Free, Free
- Log management
- Metrics collection
- Real-time monitoring
No paid tier on record
Stackdriver lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Stackdriver feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Log management
- Metrics collection
- Real-time monitoring
- Error reporting
Integrations
- API
- Webhooks
- REST
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
People bring Stackdriver in for centralised logging, metrics and traces for workloads running on google cloud, alerting and uptime checks on cloud services, running managed prometheus-compatible monitoring at scale. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Stackdriver are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Log Management
Too few log management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackdriver (this page) | Free | usage-based | - | |
| Coralogix | Free, then $0.42/per GB (logs ingestion) | usage-based | - | vs Stackdriver |
| Better Stack | Free, then $25/month | freemium | - | vs Stackdriver |
| AppDynamics | Free | usage-based | - | vs Stackdriver |
| Azure Monitor | Free | usage-based | - | vs Stackdriver |
| Bugsnag | Free | usage-based | - | vs Stackdriver |
| Airbrake | Free | usage-based | - | vs Stackdriver |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Stackdriver badges page.
Before you pay for Stackdriver
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Stackdriver runs on web, api, and is published by Google Cloud of United States. The full record is on the Stackdriver review, and the rest of the category is under best log management tools.
Stackdriver pricing questions
- How much does Stackdriver cost?
- Stackdriver publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Stackdriver have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers log management, metrics collection, real-time monitoring.
- Which log management tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 log management tools listed alongside Stackdriver have a free tier: Coralogix, Better Stack, AppDynamics, Azure Monitor, Bugsnag.
- What am I actually paying for with Stackdriver?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for centralised logging, metrics and traces for workloads running on google cloud, alerting and uptime checks on cloud services, running managed prometheus-compatible monitoring at scale.
- Does Stackdriver charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Stackdriver prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Stackdriver against before paying?
- The closest log management tools in this directory are Coralogix, Better Stack, AppDynamics, Azure Monitor. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Stackdriver covering price, platforms and features.