# Maple, compared.

One page per vendor. Each lists where the two differ and where the other tool is ahead, and prices the same month on both at list price. Every vendor claim links to its source and carries the date it was checked.

## Pick a vendor

- [Maple vs Datadog](https://maple.dev/compare/datadog.md) — Open-source, no per-host billing (HTML: https://maple.dev/compare/datadog)
- [Maple vs Grafana](https://maple.dev/compare/grafana.md) — One platform, nothing to assemble (HTML: https://maple.dev/compare/grafana)
- [Maple vs New Relic](https://maple.dev/compare/new-relic.md) — OTel-native, predictable pricing (HTML: https://maple.dev/compare/new-relic)
- [Maple vs Dash0](https://maple.dev/compare/dash0.md) — Open source and self-hostable (HTML: https://maple.dev/compare/dash0)
- [Maple vs SigNoz](https://maple.dev/compare/signoz.md) — Issues, session replay, one local binary (HTML: https://maple.dev/compare/signoz)

## The questions finance asks first

Side by side, at list price. The questions your finance team will ask, answered up front.

| Line item | Maple | Datadog | New Relic | Grafana Cloud | Dash0 | SigNoz |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Per-host fee | None | $15+ / host / mo | Bundled in plan | Bundled in plan | None | None |
| Per-seat fee | None | Enterprise tier | $99–349 / full-user / mo | $8+ / active-user / mo | None | None |
| Ingest pricing | $0.30 / GB ingested | $0.10 / GB + $1.70 / M indexed | $0.40 / GB | $0.45 / GB | $0.60 / M spans or logs | $0.30 / GB · $0.10 / M samples |
| Default retention | 30d default · custom | 15d default | 30d logs · 8d traces | 30d logs/traces · 13mo metrics | Per plan tier | 15d logs/traces · 1mo metrics |
| OpenTelemetry support | Native | Partial (custom agent) | Yes | Yes | Native | Native |
| License | FSL-1.1 → Apache 2.0 | Proprietary | Proprietary | AGPL components | Proprietary | MIT + commercial ee/ |
| Self-host option | Supported | No | No | OSS components | No | Supported |
| MCP / agent surface | First-class | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

Competitor cells summarize public list prices — check each vendor's pricing page for current numbers. Maple's rate is the published flat per-GB. Use the calculator to project your monthly cost.