Axiom
Axiom is a cloud machine-data platform for ingesting, storing, querying, and monitoring logs, traces, metrics, and events.
What Axiom is
Axiom is a cloud machine-data platform for ingesting, storing, querying, and monitoring logs, traces, metrics, and events. It brings these observability data types together and supports navigation from metrics to traces and logs. Queries can use APL, a piped query language, while metrics can use MPL. Axiom accepts OTLP, JSON, CSV, and Elasticsearch Bulk API data, discovering schemas as data arrives. It also offers log pipelines, live log tailing, structured parsing, and archive export.
Axiom describes its event store as fully managed, with schema-less ingestion at petabyte scale and over 95% compression. For AI engineering, it can record prompts and responses, model and route details, token use, cost, and safety signals, and supports evaluations and experiments. Integrations include OpenTelemetry, Vector, Fluent Bit, AWS services, Vercel, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, and SDKs for several languages. Security features listed include TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, tenant isolation, and query-time redaction. Axiom also lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR support, HIPAA BAA availability, and regional data residency. Its Personal plan is free with 30-day retention; Axiom Cloud costs $25 a month plus usage.
Good
- Combines logs, traces, metrics, and events.
- Supports multiple ingest formats and schema discovery.
- Includes live log tailing and archive export.
- Lists security controls and compliance options.
Watch out
- Personal plan retention is limited to 30 days.
- Axiom Cloud has a 25.00 USD monthly platform fee plus usage.
- Personal plan includes 25 GB storage.
Who it suits
Axiom suits developers and teams collecting logs, traces, metrics, and events in a cloud observability platform. Its Personal plan is described for individual developers and small projects, while Axiom Cloud is positioned for teams scaling from first deployment to hyperscale.
Verdict
Axiom brings multiple observability data types, querying, and integrations into a managed cloud platform. Review the plan allowances and retention terms, and note that Axiom Cloud adds usage charges to its monthly platform fee.
Plans and prices
From Axiom's own pricing page, checked 24 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 500 GB ingestion per month · 30 days retention · Free tier |
| Usage-based | — | Usage-based ingestion pricing · Hosted observability and log analytics |
| Personal | Free | 500 GB/mo data loading compute · 10 GB-hours query compute · 25 GB storage · 30-day retention · Full APL access · Community support · Permanent; no credit card required |
| Axiom Cloud | $25 a month | Always Free allowance: 1 TB data loading compute / 100 GB-hours query compute / 100 GB storage · Configurable retention · All integrations · Email support · Platform fee + usage; no minimum commitment |
The facts
Each one read from Axiom's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The security page lists SAML and OIDC single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, and role-based access controls scoped to datasets and actions.checked 9 Oct 2026
- AI engineering
- Axiom records AI prompt and response data, model, route, token use, cost, and safety signals, and supports evaluations and experiments.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- The platform describes petabyte-scale schema-less ingestion, a fully managed event store, and over 95% compression.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Axiom lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR support, HIPAA BAA availability, and regional data residency.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- cloudchecked 24 Sep 2026
- Ingest formats
- Axiom accepts OTLP, JSON, CSV, and the Elasticsearch Bulk API, and discovers schema on arrival.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists OpenTelemetry, Vector, Fluent Bit, AWS services, Vercel, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, and SDKs including Go, Python, Node.js, Rust, Java, Ruby, .NET, and Flutter.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Axiom describes its Personal plan as intended for individual developers and small projects, and Axiom Cloud as for teams scaling from first deployment to hyperscale.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The Personal plan has a 30-day retention window and allowances of 500 GB/mo data loading compute, 10 GB-hours query compute, and 25 GB storage.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Log retention
- 30checked 24 Sep 2026
- Observability
- Axiom brings logs, traces, and metrics together and supports navigation from metrics to traces to logs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Axiom is a machine data platform for ingesting, storing, querying, and monitoring logs, traces, metrics, and events.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Querying
- Axiom supports APL, a piped query language, and MPL for metrics.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- Axiom states that it uses TLS 1.2+ in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest, and provides tenant isolation and query-time redaction.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Support
- Axiom Cloud includes email support, with paid SLA and dedicated support available; the Personal plan includes community support.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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