Telemetry pipelines for small business buyers
Asked as “telemetry pipeline”, and as “observability pipeline tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 63 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44OpenTelemetry Collector19Grafana Cloud14Vector22others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
OpenTelemetry Collector vs PrometheusOpenTelemetry Collector vs New RelicOpenTelemetry Collector vs Fluent BitOpenTelemetry Collector vs Grafana LokiCribl Stream vs VectorCribl Stream vs Grafana CloudCribl Stream vs PrometheusCribl Stream vs New RelicCribl Stream vs Fluent BitCribl Stream vs Grafana LokiVector vs Grafana CloudVector vs PrometheusVector vs New RelicVector vs Fluent BitVector vs Grafana LokiGrafana Cloud vs PrometheusGrafana Cloud vs New RelicGrafana Cloud vs Fluent BitGrafana Cloud vs Grafana LokiPrometheus vs New RelicPrometheus vs Fluent BitPrometheus vs Grafana LokiNew Relic vs Fluent BitNew Relic vs Grafana LokiFluent Bit vs Grafana Loki
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
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01OpenTelemetry Collector44%
OpenTelemetry Collector44%02Grafana Cloud19%
Grafana Cloud19%03Vector14%
Vector14%04Cribl Stream3%
Cribl Stream3%05SigNoz2%
SigNoz2%06Honeycomb2%
Honeycomb2%07Fluent Bit0%
Fluent Bit0%08Grafana0%
Grafana0%09Prometheus0%
Prometheus0%10Grafana Loki0%
Grafana Loki0%11New Relic0%
New Relic0%12Datadog0%
Datadog0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Datadog67%
20 of 30 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“High-Risk: Enterprise-First Vendors with Unpredictable Pricing ... Datadog - The problem: Consumption-based pricing that can spiral 3-5x beyond base spend” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Cribl Stream24%
6 of 25 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“High-End Enterprise Pipelines (e.g., Cribl Stream, Splunk Heavy Forwarders) ... Enterprise pricing and feature overkill.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
New Relic48%
10 of 21 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“every application installs an agent (e.g., the Datadog agent, New Relic Java agent)... Why to Be Cautious: This creates a security and management nightmare.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Splunk Observability Cloud78%
7 of 9 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Splunk/Elastic are overkill — ... the operational burden and cost aren't justified at small scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
69 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1039 links across 218 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · OpenTelemetry28 answers · 45 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Honeycomb27 answers · 46 citations · 13 models
vendor site · OpenObserve22 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cribl22 answers · 31 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Edge Delta22 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Mezmo22 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Grafana20 answers · 51 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · ZipDo.co17 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Coralogix14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Middleware.io14 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 11 models
17 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best telemetry pipeline”, “telemetry pipeline”, “telemetry pipelines”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| OpenTelemetry Collector opentelemetry.io | 44% | 125 | 1,300 | 56 | 24,504 | |||
| Grafana grafana.com Grafana Cloud 19%, Grafana LGTM Stack 2%, Grafana Stack 2%, Grafana 0% and 2 more | 22% | 247 | 40,500 | 2,627 | 84,520 | 116 | 9 | |
| Vector vector.dev Vector 14%, Vector.dev 2% | 16% | 84 | 246,000 | 85,824 | 3,509 | |||
| Cribl Stream cribl.io | 3% | 128 | 260 | 15 | 17,616 | $19 | 20 | 3 |
| SigNoz signoz.io | 2% | 208 | 2,400 | 52 | 7,244 | 1 | ||
| Honeycomb honeycomb.io | 2% | 89 | 135,000 | 13,732 | 6,603 | 65 | 5 | |
| OpenObserve openobserve.ai | 2% | 157 | 1,600 | 9 | 4,825 | 7 | ||
| Bindplane bindplane.com | 2% | 20 | 1,000 | 25 | 657 | 7 | ||
| Amplitude amplitude.com | 2% | 7 | 74,000 | 5,691 | 373,273 | $207 | 27 | |
| Metaplane metaplane.dev | 2% | 101 | 590 | 12 | 4,698 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cribl.io, edgedelta.com, grafana.com, mezmo.com). The first result for “best telemetry pipeline” is schabell.org.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best telemetry pipeline for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which observability pipeline tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top telemetry pipelines for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best telemetry pipeline for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a telemetry pipeline. What should we look at?”Negative“Which telemetry pipelines should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amplitude, Mixpanel, PostHogGrafana CloudChangedagainst: Datadog, LightstepOpenTelemetry CollectorOpen-Source OpenTelemetry Collector, Vectorno first choiceagainst: Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry Collector
Three alternatives
ELK Stack, Grafana, Twilio SegmentFive alternatives
Elastic Observability, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, New Relic, PrometheusThree alternatives
Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline, Uptrace, VectorTwo alternatives
Grafana Cloud, SawmillsGPT-5.4 miniOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collector, VectorChangedagainst: Cribl StreamOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectornothing named
One alternative
Fluent BitThree alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, VectorFive alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Alloy, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, TempoGemini 3.5 FlashGrafana Cloud, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, New RelicCribl StreamChangedagainst: Datadog, New Relic, Splunk Observability CloudGrafana Alloy, OpenTelemetry CollectorGrafana Cloudagainst: Elasticsearch, Kibana, LogstashOpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Apache Kafka, ClickHouse Cloud, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Logstash, New Relicagainst: Apache NiFi, Cribl Stream, Datadog Observability Pipelines, Fluentd, Logstash, OpenTelemetry Collector, Splunk Heavy Forwarders
Five alternatives
Axiom, Better Stack, ClickStack, OpenObserve, SigNozOne alternative
VectorTwo alternatives
Cribl Stream, VectorThree alternatives
OpenObserve, OpenTelemetry Collector, VectorSix alternatives
Axiom, Better Stack, BindPlane OP, Fluent Bit, Grafana Cloud, HoneycombPerplexity SonarOpenTelemetry CollectorBindplaneChangedOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Bindplane, Cribl Streamno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cribl Stream, Honeycomb, Mezmo Telemetry PipelineTwo alternatives
OpenObserve, VectorFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, VectorGrok 4.1 FastOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, New RelicOpenTelemetry CollectorHeldagainst: Datadog, ELK Stack, Elastic Observability, New RelicFluent BitOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Jaeger, New Relic, Prometheus
Four alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Cloud, SigNoz, VectorTwo alternatives
Grafana Alloy, SigNozThree alternatives
Grafana LGTM/Prometheus Stack, OpenTelemetry Collector, VectorEight alternatives
Grafana, Grafana Loki, HyperDX Cloud, Jaeger, Prometheus, SigNoz, Tempo, UptraceFour alternatives
Chronosphere Pipeline, Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, VectorMistral SmallVectorno first choiceChangedOpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectorno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic Observability, New Relicnothing named
Two alternatives
Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry CollectorFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Grafana, Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, PrometheusFive alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, VectorOne alternative
PrometheusDeepSeek V4 FlashGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Elastic Observability, Honeycomb, Splunk Observability Cloud, VectorOpenTelemetry CollectorChangedagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk Observability CloudOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Cribl StreamGrafana LGTM Stack, OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: DatadogOpenTelemetry Collector, Vectoragainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry Collector, Prometheus, Tempo, Thanos
One alternative
SigNozFive alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana Cloud, OpenObserve, SigNoz, UptraceFour alternatives
Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, SigNoz, VectorTwo alternatives
Grafana, SigNozFour alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluent Bit, Grafana Alloy, Mezmo Telemetry PipelineLlama 4 MaverickVectorMetaplaneChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashGrafana Cloudagainst: Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Datadog, ElasticsearchVectorChangedagainst: Fluentd, LogstashDatadogagainst: Elastic ObservabilitySigNozagainst: EFKVectoragainst: ClickHouse Cloud, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Jaeger, New Relic, Prometheus, Splunk Observability Cloud
Five alternatives
Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry Collector, Rollbar, Sentry, SigNozTwo alternatives
Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry CollectorThree alternatives
Honeycomb, Prometheus + Grafana, SigNozTwo alternatives
OpenTelemetry Collector, The Grafana StackThree alternatives
Cribl Stream, Datadog, HoneycombKimi K2Grafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: DatadogVector.devChangedagainst: Calyptia/Fluent Bit, Datadog Observability Pipelines, Splunk Observability CloudOpenTelemetry CollectorGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Datadog, Grafana Loki, Prometheus, Tempono first choiceagainst: OpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Apache Kafka, Datadog, Splunk Observability Cloud
Five alternatives
Grafana Loki, Honeycomb, Prometheus, Tempo, VectorOne alternative
BindplaneThree alternatives
Filebeat, Fluent Bit, VectorThree alternatives
Axiom, New Relic, SigNozTwo alternatives
Fluent Bit, VectorGLM 4.7 FlashXOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: ELK StackGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry CollectorChangedFluent Bit, Vectoragainst: Splunk Universal Forwarder + Splunk Cloud/EnterpriseOpenObserveagainst: Grafana Cloud, Logz.io, New Relic, Sumo Logicno first choicenothing named
Nine alternatives
Datadog, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, Grafana Loki, Jaeger, New Relic, Prometheus, Tempo, VictoriaMetricsFive alternatives
Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Self‑hosted ELK Stack, SigNozSix alternatives
Cribl Stream, Fluentd, Grafana, Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline, Logstash, OpenTelemetry CollectorFive alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana LGTM Stack, OpenObserve Cloud, OpenSearch Observability Stack, SigNozMiniMax M2.5Grafana Cloudno first choiceChangedFluent Bit, VectorGrafana Stack, OpenTelemetry Collectorno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
OTel Collector, VectorTwo alternatives
Cribl Stream, OpenTelemetry CollectorThree alternatives
AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry, Cribl Stream, Elastic ObservabilityGPT-6 LunaGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry CollectorChangedagainst: BindplaneOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Cribl StreamGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry CollectorOpenTelemetry Collectoragainst: Grafana Alloynothing named
Two alternatives
Datadog, HoneycombOne alternative
VectorThree alternatives
Bindplane, Grafana Alloy, VectorTwo alternatives
Fluent Bit, VectorMuse Glimmer 30BOpenTelemetry CollectorCribl StreamChangedagainst: Datadog, DynatraceGrafana Cloud, Grafana Stack, OpenTelemetry Collector, SigNozagainst: Datadog, HoneycombGrafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry Collectorno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk Observability Cloud
Eight alternatives
Amazon S3, Axiom, Google Cloud Storage, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, MinIO, SigNozThree alternatives
New Relic, OpenObserve, UptraceTwo alternatives
Cribl Stream, Edge DeltaFour alternatives
Grafana LGTM Stack, Jaeger, Prometheus, SigNozBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:41 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:29 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:57 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:52 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:11 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 25 | 60 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 18 | 124 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:55 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 20 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:39 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 15 | 84 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 20 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 5 | 65 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:55 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:17 | yes | 25 | 62 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:45 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:45 | yes | 12 | 46 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:16 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:00 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 25 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:56 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 25 | 128 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 15 | 64 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:03 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:23 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:53 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:44 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 19 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:51 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:24 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:22 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:54 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:29 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 24 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 18 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 25 | 60 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 20 | 33 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Chronosphere read as Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline
Cribl read as Cribl Stream
ELK read as ELK Stack
ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) read as ELK Stack
Elastic read as Elastic Observability
Elastic (ELK) Stack read as Elastic Observability
Elastic (Free Tier) read as Elastic Observability
Elastic Cloud read as Elastic Observability
Elastic Stack (ELK) read as Elastic Observability
Mezmo read as Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline
OpenTelemetry read as OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry (OTel) read as OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector read as OpenTelemetry Collector
Splunk read as Splunk Observability Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Kinesis Firehose
Chronosphere Pipeline
ClickStack (ClickHouse + HyperDX)
EFK (Elasticsearch + Fluentd/Kustomize + Kibana)
Grafana LGTM/Prometheus Stack
HyperDX Cloud
K8ssandra
New Relic's NRDB (New Relic Database)
Open-Source OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenObserve Cloud
OpenSearch Observability Stack
Self‑hosted ELK Stack (Elasticsearch + Logstash + Kibana)
SignalFire
Splunk Heavy Forwarders
Splunk Universal Forwarder + Splunk Cloud/Enterprise
The Grafana Stack (Prometheus + Loki)
fluent-bit
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.