Axiom

Axiom is a machine data platform for logs, traces, metrics and events. The fetched pages do not state its founding year or headquarters; its terms name Axiom, Inc. under California law. It offers petabyte-scale, schema-less ingest on a fully managed event store.

Data is queried with the APL language for logs and events and MPL for metrics, then shown in dashboards and monitors. The platform claims more than 95% compression, offers a native MCP server for AI agents, an Axiom app for Splunk and a Grafana data source. Customers shown include Asana, Eventim, Framer and Luma Labs.

• Schema-less ingest: petabyte-scale event store with schema-on-read and virtual fields.
• Query languages: APL for logs and events, MPL for metrics (metrics GA in March 2026).
• Dashboards and monitors: threshold, match and anomaly monitors with labels.
• Trace tools: trace viewer with critical path highlighting and correlations.
• AI agent support: native MCP server and alerts to Cursor and Claude Code.
• Integrations: OpenTelemetry, Vector, Fluent Bit, Kafka, Grafana and Splunk app.

A Vietnamese fintech or gaming company can retain high-volume application logs at lower cost than traditional log tools. A DevOps team migrating from Splunk can run Axiom side by side first. An engineering team can let coding agents query telemetry through MCP.

Usage-based pricing includes a permanent free tier and volume discounts; the page shows an example of $25 for 1 TB of ingest per month (vendor estimate). Schema-less ingest avoids upfront schema design. A fully managed service removes cluster operations, and a Splunk app allows side-by-side use during migration.

Log and event volumes are growing faster than budgets, and teams are looking for cheaper alternatives to Splunk and Datadog. AI coding agents are starting to consume observability data directly through MCP. Vietnamese digital product companies handling high log volumes can compare usage-based pricing against self-hosted stacks.

Axiom, Inc. per its terms (California governing law); founding year and headquarters not stated on the pages fetched. Changelog shows frequent releases from March to October 2026, including Metrics GA in March 2026. EMEA migration partner 4Data is named. Trust Center linked.