Best Cribl Stream Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from telemetry pipeline software ranked against Cribl Stream on the same published basis.
- 1Cribl Stream vs Bindplane
- 2Cribl Stream vs Tenzir
- 3Cribl Stream vs Honeycomb
- 4Cribl Stream vs Elastic Agent
- 5Cribl Stream vs Cribl Edge
- 6Cribl Stream vs Edge Delta
- 8Cribl Stream vs AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
- 9Cribl Stream vs Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline
- 10Cribl Stream vs Fluent Bit
- 11Cribl Stream vs Grafana Alloy
- 12Cribl Stream vs Vector
- 13Cribl Stream vs NXLog
- 14Cribl Stream vs Apica Flow
- 15Cribl Stream vs OpenTelemetry Collector
- 16Cribl Stream vs DataBahn
- 17Cribl Stream vs OpenSearch
- 18Cribl Stream vs Logstash
- 19Cribl Stream vs Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion
- 20Cribl Stream vs Fluentd
- 21Cribl Stream vs syslog-ng
Cribl Stream alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bindplane | 7.9 | Free plan | $499/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Tenzir | 7.8 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web |
| 3 | Honeycomb | 7.6 | Free plan | $150/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 4 | Elastic Agent | 7.5 | No | $99/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Cribl Edge | 7.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | Edge Delta | 7.5 | Free plan | $20/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 8 | AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry | 7.2 | No | — | Windows, Linux |
| 9 | Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline | 7.2 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 10 | Fluent Bit | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 11 | Grafana Alloy | 6.9 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 12 | Vector | 6.7 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | NXLog | 6.6 | Free plan | $12.12/mo | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 14 | Apica Flow | 6.5 | No | — | Web |
| 15 | OpenTelemetry Collector | 6.5 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 16 | DataBahn | 6.4 | No | — | — |
| 17 | OpenSearch | 6.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 18 | Logstash | 5.9 | No | — | self-hosted |
| 19 | Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion | 5.8 | No | — | Web |
| 20 | Fluentd | 5.7 | No | — | self-hosted |
| 21 | syslog-ng | 5.7 | No | — | Linux, Windows, Mac |
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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 7.9 out of 10. The others here: Tenzir, Honeycomb, Elastic Agent and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Cribl Stream?
Bindplane is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.