Cribl Stream vs Cribl Edge

Cribl Stream9.6Visit Cribl Edge7.1Visit

Higher score Cribl Stream #1 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 9.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Cribl Stream

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Cribl Edge #8 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 7.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Cribl Edge

• Cribl Stream fits best

  Teams needing broad, flexible telemetry routing

• Cribl Edge fits best

  Organizations managing distributed edge fleets

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Side by side

Feature	Cribl Stream 9.6/10 Visit ↗	Cribl Edge 7.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.6	7.1
Ranking	#1 in Telemetry Pipeline Software	#8 in Telemetry Pipeline Software
Best for	Teams needing broad, flexible telemetry routing	Organizations managing distributed edge fleets
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Community, Docs · 24/7	Community, Docs
Integrations	80+ integrations	15 integrations
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Cribl Stream 6/6 · Cribl Edge 6/6
Logs support	✓	✓
Metrics support	✓	✓
Traces support	✓	✓
Transform rules	✓	✓
Multi-destination routing	✓	✓
Data enrichment	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Both	Both
Our review
Pros	Supports logs, metrics, and traces across diverse telemetry sources Filters, transforms, enriches, routes, samples, and replays telemetry Portable Packs plus REST APIs, SDKs, and Terraform support	Collects logs, metrics, application data, and traces from diverse endpoints Centralizes fleet configuration, validation, version control, and upgrades Routes enriched and reshaped telemetry to multiple supported destinations
Cons	Advanced workspace and identity controls are limited to Enterprise tiers Dedicated 24×7 support is available only with Enterprise plans Broad configuration options may exceed the needs of simple pipelines	The Free tier has a 1TB/day limit Community Support is limited to the Free plan Multiple workspaces and federated authentication require Enterprise
Our verdict	Cribl Stream is observability pipeline software for IT and security teams that need to collect, prepare, and route telemetry before it reaches analytics, security, observability, or storage systems. It supports logs, metrics, and traces,… Read the review →	Cribl Edge is a telemetry collection and processing agent for ITOps, SecOps, and observability teams managing distributed endpoints. It collects host, container, and application telemetry from Linux, Windows, macOS, containers, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Cribl Stream — where it wins

  • Supports logs, metrics, and traces across diverse telemetry sources
  • Filters, transforms, enriches, routes, samples, and replays telemetry
  • Portable Packs plus REST APIs, SDKs, and Terraform support

  Where it doesn't

  • Advanced workspace and identity controls are limited to Enterprise tiers
  • Dedicated 24×7 support is available only with Enterprise plans
  • Broad configuration options may exceed the needs of simple pipelines

• Cribl Edge — where it wins

  • Collects logs, metrics, application data, and traces from diverse endpoints
  • Centralizes fleet configuration, validation, version control, and upgrades
  • Routes enriched and reshaped telemetry to multiple supported destinations

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free tier has a 1TB/day limit
  • Community Support is limited to the Free plan
  • Multiple workspaces and federated authentication require Enterprise

• Cribl Stream9.6/10 · Free plan

  A broad routing and transformation layer for teams managing varied telemetry flows.

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• Cribl Edge7.1/10 · Free plan

  A flexible edge telemetry agent for collecting, processing, and routing distributed endpoint data.

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