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GoAccess vs Thanos

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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GO GoAccess Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer VS TH Thanos Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage
FeatureGoAccessThanos
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageCGo
Setup difficultyEasyHard
Min. RAM64 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metal, binarydocker, kubernetes, helm
GitHub stars★ 20,762★ 14,167
First released20102018
ReplacesGoogle AnalyticsDatadog, Grafana Cloud

Why pick each one

Choose GoAccess if…

  • Extremely fast and lightweight
  • Works fully offline
GoAccess details

Choose Thanos if…

  • Scales Prometheus to massive deployments
  • Cheap long-term storage
Thanos details

Frequently asked questions

Is GoAccess or Thanos better?

GoAccess is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Thanos if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are GoAccess and Thanos free and open-source?

Yes. GoAccess is licensed under MIT and Thanos under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run GoAccess and Thanos with Docker?

GoAccess: yes. Thanos: yes.

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