Tenzir vs Cribl Edge

Tenzir7.5Visit Cribl Edge7.1Visit

Higher score Tenzir #6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 7.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Tenzir

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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

• Tenzir fits best

  Open-source teams with security-data workflows

• Cribl Edge fits best

  Organizations managing distributed edge fleets

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Side by side

Feature	Tenzir 7.5/10 Visit ↗	Cribl Edge 7.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.5	7.1
Ranking	#6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software	#8 in Telemetry Pipeline Software
Best for	Open-source teams with security-data workflows	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, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Community, Docs · 24/7	Community, Docs
Integrations	11 integrations	15 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Tenzir 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 OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces TQL handles transformation, enrichment, storage, and routing Open-source deployment with hosted, local, and self-hosted options	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	Community ingress is limited to 1 TB/day Community edge storage is limited to 1 TB Enterprise and Sovereign pricing requires contacting sales	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	Tenzir is a programmable data pipeline engine for security teams that need to collect, transform, enrich, store, query, and route telemetry. It supports logs, metrics, and traces, including OpenTelemetry ingestion over OTLP/HTTP and… 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

• Tenzir — where it wins

  • Supports OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces
  • TQL handles transformation, enrichment, storage, and routing
  • Open-source deployment with hosted, local, and self-hosted options

  Where it doesn't

  • Community ingress is limited to 1 TB/day
  • Community edge storage is limited to 1 TB
  • Enterprise and Sovereign pricing requires contacting sales

• 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

• Tenzir7.5/10 · Free plan

  A programmable, open-source telemetry pipeline for security-data workflows.

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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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