Axiom
Dev Utilities Free tier (card may be required)
Documentation: axiom.co ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Axiom is a log management and observability platform where you ship logs and events through a simple ingest API and query them with a fast analytics language. The always-free tier includes 25 GB of storage, 500 GB of monthly data loading, 10 GB-hours of query compute per month, 30-day retention, three datasets, and three monitors for one user. It is a practical free alternative to expensive log platforms for side projects and small teams.
Details
Free tier, but a card may be required to sign up.
Auth: Free tier (card may be required)
Rate limit: Always free: 25 GB storage, 500 GB monthly ingest, 10 GB-hours query compute per month, 30-day retention, 3 datasets, 1 user, 3 monitors.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: log analytics monitoring debugging
Setup
- Create a free Axiom account and organization.
- Create a dataset to hold your logs.
- Generate an API token with ingest permission.
- Send events to the ingest endpoint with the token.
- Query and chart your data in the Axiom dashboard.
curl -X POST https://api.axiom.co/v1/datasets/my-logs/ingest -H "Authorization: Bearer xaat-xxx" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"level": "info", "message": "hello"}]'Use cases
- Centralize logs from an app or server for searching and alerting.
- Set up monitors that alert when errors spike.
- Analyze API usage and performance from event data.