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Telegraf
The Plugin-Driven Server Agent for Collecting and Reporting Metrics
As of 30 August 2026, Telegraf is free to use. Telegraf is an open-source server agent to help you collect metrics from stacks, sensors. Softwr lists it under Logging. Telegraf is made by InfluxData, launched in 2013, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Telegraf does
Telegraf is an open-source server agent to help you collect metrics from stacks, sensors.
What people use it for
- Log monitoring
- Application performance
- Security analytics
- Troubleshooting
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Telegraf.
- Telegraf's core is open source and free, and InfluxData names a separate Telegraf Enterprise tier for teams running it at scale with no price published
Cross-shopped
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- TelegrafvsDatadog Logs
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Pricing
What Telegraf costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Metrics collection
- System monitoring
- Application monitoring
Capabilities
Features
Metrics collection
System monitoring
Application monitoring
Plugin architecture
API
Integration with API
Webhooks
Integration with Webhooks
REST
Integration with REST
Web support
Available on web
Api support
Available on api
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is Telegraf free to use?
Yes, Telegraf OSS is free and open source. It can be downloaded and used at no cost for collecting metrics from infrastructure, applications, and devices using over 400 community-tested plugins.
SourceWhat is Telegraf Enterprise and how much does it cost?
Telegraf Enterprise is a commercial offering for managing Telegraf at scale. It is licensed annually with entry-level packages starting at $18,000 per year, and pricing scales based on the total number of Telegraf agents under management.
SourceCan I try Telegraf Enterprise before purchasing?
Yes, a free tier of Telegraf Controller is available for evaluation. It allows you to store up to 20 configurations and manage up to 100 reporting agents.
SourceCan Telegraf OSS be used for commercial purposes?
Telegraf OSS is free and available as open source software, suitable for commercial deployments without licensing fees. For large-scale enterprise needs, Telegraf Enterprise is the commercial offering.
SourceHow many plugins does Telegraf support?
Telegraf includes over 400 community-tested plugins that can connect to various data sources and destinations including Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kafka, and many databases.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Telegraf
- Company
- InfluxData
- Based in
- United States
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Best Logging software for
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- Traceloop
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- Humio
- Loggly
- ELK Stack
- Fluentd
- Graylog
- Kibana
- Logstash
- Kibana
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