Simple, Transparent Pricing.
Predictable costs. No hidden fees.
Stop guessing your bill at the end of the month.
Free
Free plan for one server. Ideal for testing, development, or low-traffic
workloads.
Free
for 1 server
- ● 50 metrics per server
- ● Low log volume
- ● Single server
Paid
Simple, predictable pricing for all your production servers.
$3 / month
per server
- ● 100 metrics per server
- ● High log volume
- ● Unlimited servers
Custom Plans
For large infrastructures, higher log volumes, or custom requirements.
Custom
tailored for you
- ● Volume discounts
- ● Custom retention
- ● SLA available
Pricing that fits in your head
No spreadsheet required to estimate your monthly bill.
Others
Invoice #94821 • 3/3/2026
Host Monitoring (x5) $$$
Custom Metrics (x500) $$$
Log Ingestion (15GB) $$$
Log Retention (30 Days) $$$
Data Ingress (50GB) $$$
Data Egress (5GB) $$$
TOTAL $$$$.$$
Simple Observability
Invoice #00001 • 3/3/2026
Host Monitoring (x5) $15.00
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TOTAL $15.00
Why not just self-host?
"Free" tools still cost you servers, storage, and days debugging YAML configs.
The DIY Route
The "Free" Stack
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Typically involves spinning up Prometheus for metrics, Grafana for visualization, Alertmanager for notifications, and deploying exporters.
Infrastructure overhead: You're paying for VPS, storage, and backups anyway.
Single point of failure: When your monitoring VM goes down, you're blind.
Ongoing maintenance: Updates, security patches, disk resizing, and config drift.
The Smart Route
Simple Observability
curl -fsSL https://simpleobservability.com/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- <SERVER KEY>One command installs an agent that ships metrics and logs to a hosted platform. Dashboards and alerts are already configured.
Independent of your infra: Alerts fire even if your entire network goes down.
Zero ops burden: No updates, no storage management, no late-night pages about Prometheus.
Predictable cost: Flat per-server pricing instead of metered billing that spirals.
The blind spot in self-hosted monitoring
"Who pages you when your monitoring stack crashes?"
A monitoring stack that runs alongside your production servers shares the same failure domain. Simple Observability runs externally, so you get alerted even when everything else is on fire.
Why choose us over managing it yourself?
Open source monitoring is free to download. It's not free to run.
Initial setup cost
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Provision servers, storage, networking
16 hours
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Deploy and configure the stack
24 hours
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Build dashboards and alert rules
10 hours
50 hours before you see a single metric
Recurring overhead
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Compute, storage, and backup costs
~$XX / mo
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Updates, patches, troubleshooting
2-4 hours / mo
That's 50 hours upfront plus ongoing maintenance.
Or you run one command and skip all of it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does server monitoring matter?
Because without it, issues go unnoticed until they become critical.
Monitoring lets you spot performance bottlenecks, detect errors early,
and ensure your systems and applications stay reliable.
With Simple Observability, you get real-time insight into logs and metrics so you can act before problems impact your services.
With Simple Observability, you get real-time insight into logs and metrics so you can act before problems impact your services.
What are the requirements to run the collection agent?
The Simple Observability agent is distributed as a single,
self-contained binary with zero external dependencies. There’s no need
for Docker, Java, or any other runtime.
Because it’s fully open-source, you can also clone our repository and build the binary yourself.
Because it’s fully open-source, you can also clone our repository and build the binary yourself.
Do I need to have ports open?
No inbound ports are required on your servers. The agent uses a
push-only model, sending metrics and logs outbound over HTTPS (port 443)
to *.simpleobservability.com.
If you operate behind a corporate proxy or firewall, just allow outbound HTTPS traffic to our domain.
The agent will locally buffer data if connectivity is lost and replay it once the network is restored.
If you operate behind a corporate proxy or firewall, just allow outbound HTTPS traffic to our domain.
The agent will locally buffer data if connectivity is lost and replay it once the network is restored.
Will you help me integrate Simple Observability with my setup?
Yes. If needed, we’ll guide you step by step with a real person through
every part of the integration.
Most setups work out of the box, but we’ll also support the less common cases where changes to the collection agent are needed.
Most setups work out of the box, but we’ll also support the less common cases where changes to the collection agent are needed.
What if I need to send data from a specific source not listed?
Yes. Whether it is a rare server OS, an unusual log format, or a custom
app metric, if it can output data we’ll help you connect it. All such
support will be handled by a real, experienced engineer and
never by a ticket system, autoresponder, or first-level technician.
Really?!
Yes. We are not just providing a monitoring platform. We provide
complete, end-to-end support for everything you run, no matter how
complex or unconventional.
What we do with your data?
Metrics and logs collected by your agent are used only to power your
monitoring dashboards.
This data is securely stored with our cloud provider and is never sold or shared. Thanks to our open-source agent, you remain fully in control of what is collected and sent.
This data is securely stored with our cloud provider and is never sold or shared. Thanks to our open-source agent, you remain fully in control of what is collected and sent.
How long data is retained?
Data retention depends on your plan. This applies to both metrics and
logs collected from your servers.
What is a metric?
A metric is a numerical measurement of your system or application
performance over time (like CPU usage or memory consumption).
100 metrics is more than enough for a typical server because it allows you to track all essential health indicators and key application performance data without being overwhelmed by "noise" or vanity metrics that don't help you solve problems.
100 metrics is more than enough for a typical server because it allows you to track all essential health indicators and key application performance data without being overwhelmed by "noise" or vanity metrics that don't help you solve problems.
What is log volume or a log line?
A log line (or log entry) is a single record of an event that happened
on your server or within your application. Log volume is the total
count of these lines.
Whether you call it a "line" or an "entry", it represents the same unit of information used for troubleshooting and auditing.
Whether you call it a "line" or an "entry", it represents the same unit of information used for troubleshooting and auditing.
What payment method do you accept?
We accept all major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
and PayPal.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. You can cancel your subscription at any time with no questions
asked. You'll continue to have access until the end of your current
billing period.
Do you offer discounts on large number of servers?
Yes! For businesses monitoring more than 10 servers, please contact us
to discuss custom enterprise pricing options.
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