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HyperDX 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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HY HyperDX Open-source observability for logs, traces, and session replay VS TH Thanos Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage
FeatureHyperDXThanos
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM1,024 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, helmdocker, kubernetes, helm
GitHub stars★ 9,808★ 14,167
First released20232018
ReplacesDatadog, SentryDatadog, Grafana Cloud

Why pick each one

Choose HyperDX if…

  • Session replay correlation
  • Developer-focused UX
HyperDX details

Choose Thanos if…

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

Frequently asked questions

Is HyperDX or Thanos better?

Neither is universally better. Thanos has the larger community, while HyperDX is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are HyperDX and Thanos free and open-source?

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

Can I run HyperDX and Thanos with Docker?

HyperDX: yes. Thanos: yes.

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