Tenzir vs Edge Delta

Tenzir8.8Visit Edge Delta8.4Visit

Higher score Tenzir #6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Tenzir

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Edge Delta #10 in Telemetry Pipeline Software 8.4/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Edge Delta

• Tenzir fits best

  Open-source teams with security-data workflows

• Edge Delta fits best

  Teams wanting broad deployment flexibility

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Side by side

Feature	Tenzir 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Edge Delta 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.4
Ranking	#6 in Telemetry Pipeline Software	#10 in Telemetry Pipeline Software
Best for	Open-source teams with security-data workflows	Teams wanting broad deployment flexibility
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	14-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, macOS, Linux	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Community, Docs · 24/7	Docs
Integrations	11 integrations	50+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Tenzir 6/6 · Edge Delta 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	Handles logs, metrics, traces, and events Supports edge, gateway, cloud, and self-hosted pipelines Offers enrichment, masking, transformation, and multi-destination routing
Cons	Community ingress is limited to 1 TB/day Community edge storage is limited to 1 TB Enterprise and Sovereign pricing requires contacting sales	Pricing requires contacting Edge Delta or sales The broad feature set may exceed narrow telemetry needs Plan details are limited to Professional and Enterprise descriptions
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 →	Edge Delta is a telemetry pipeline and observability platform for DevOps, SRE, IT operations, and security teams. It collects logs, metrics, traces, and events from infrastructure and applications, then processes them through configurable… 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

• Edge Delta — where it wins

  • Handles logs, metrics, traces, and events
  • Supports edge, gateway, cloud, and self-hosted pipelines
  • Offers enrichment, masking, transformation, and multi-destination routing

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting Edge Delta or sales
  • The broad feature set may exceed narrow telemetry needs
  • Plan details are limited to Professional and Enterprise descriptions

• Tenzir8.8/10 · Free plan

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

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• Edge Delta8.4/10 · 14-day trial

  A flexible telemetry pipeline platform for collecting, shaping, exploring, and routing observability data.

  Visit Edge DeltaFull verdict →