# ClickStack

8 Hacker News commenters recommended ClickStack and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an open-source observability stack that feels close to Datadog. One critic finds setup and management painful.

## Why people recommend it

- Feels close to Datadog (1 comments): "is the closest i've seen to the datadog experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404333))
- Seen as promising (1 comments): "ClickStack also looks promising." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45951877))
- Rated very good alongside alternatives (1 comments): "I believe both are very good products that focus on slightly different things." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143278))

## What people warn about

- Setup and management feel painful (1 comments): "feel painful to setup and manage as coolify projects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100952))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Grafana](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grafana.md): 71 recommend
- [Prometheus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prometheus.md): 48 recommend
- [Datadog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/datadog.md): 40 recommend
- [Sentry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sentry.md): 31 recommend
- [SigNoz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/signoz.md): 19 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ClickStack", https://hackerapproved.com/p/clickstack/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).