ClickStack
Ranked 10 of 16 observability platforms by recommenders
Recommended as an open-source observability stack that feels close to Datadog. One critic finds setup and management painful.
Recommended as an open-source observability stack that feels close to Datadog. One critic finds setup and management painful.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Feels close to Datadog
“is the closest i've seen to the datadog experience”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “OTel Isn't Going Well (and I Made a Spreadsheet About It)” Seen as promising
“ClickStack also looks promising.”
Comment from 17 Nov 2025 in “I can't recommend Grafana anymore” Rated very good alongside alternatives
“I believe both are very good products that focus on slightly different things.”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Traceway: MIT-licensed observability stack you can self-host in ~90s”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Setup and management feel painful
“feel painful to setup and manage as coolify projects”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: I've started using Coolify, any recommendations?”
Other observability platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other observability platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | 71 | 41 | 63% | 11 | — | — |
| Prometheus | 48 | 24 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Datadog | 40 | 39 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| Sentry | 31 | 30 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| ClickStackThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Some related work I recommend checking out:”
“is the closest i've seen to the datadog experience”
“I believe both are very good products that focus on slightly different things.”
“feel painful to setup and manage as coolify projects”
“ClickStack also looks promising.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.