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HyperDX vs OpenPanel
A side-by-side editorial comparison of HyperDX and OpenPanel — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
HyperDX vs OpenPanel: at a glance
What is HyperDX?
HyperDX is widening its PromQL and metrics support toward Grafana-style dashboards.
HyperDX ships as a monorepo of versioned packages (app, api, CLI, common-utils, collector), so one release shows up as several changelog entries. The 2.40.0 wave on October 1 adds multi-expression PromQL charts, PromQL macros, a minimum auto granularity per metric source, a Trace logs tab, and a StatsD receiver in the collector. Mid-September focused on alerting-as-code, with Terraform export for dashboard tile alerts.
What is OpenPanel?
OpenPanel's tracked releases are maintenance: a saved-report fix and a CI Node bump.
The three tracked OpenPanel releases carry no new analytics features. The most recent fixes saved reports so they keep their filter type and cohort ids when reloaded. The other two tags publish the same commit, which moves CI to Node 22.20.0 to match the runtime Docker images after undici 8 broke two test suites on Node 20.
HyperDX vs OpenPanel: editorial side-by-side
HyperDX
6.3ANALYTICS
HyperDX is widening its PromQL and metrics support toward Grafana-style dashboards.
◆ Current state
HyperDX ships as a monorepo of versioned packages (app, api, CLI, common-utils, collector), so one release shows up as several changelog entries. The 2.40.0 wave on October 1 adds multi-expression PromQL charts, PromQL macros, a minimum auto granularity per metric source, a Trace logs tab, and a StatsD receiver in the collector. Mid-September focused on alerting-as-code, with Terraform export for dashboard tile alerts.
◆ Where it's heading
The product is closing feature gaps with Grafana on metrics, several of which it names outright, such as the per-datasource 'Min interval' equivalent. It's also widening ingestion, with StatsD/DogStatsD going straight into the collector. Alongside that, there's steady work on query cost (bounded Map-key scans) and on keeping the CLI's terminal charts in sync with the web app.
◆ Prediction
Expect more PromQL and metrics-dashboard parity work and further Terraform/API coverage of dashboards and alerts in the next minor release.
OpenPanel
2.5ANALYTICS
OpenPanel's tracked releases are maintenance: a saved-report fix and a CI Node bump.
◆ Current state
The three tracked OpenPanel releases carry no new analytics features. The most recent fixes saved reports so they keep their filter type and cohort ids when reloaded. The other two tags publish the same commit, which moves CI to Node 22.20.0 to match the runtime Docker images after undici 8 broke two test suites on Node 20.
◆ Where it's heading
The visible work is about keeping the self-hosted build and the hosted product in step: CI now runs the same Node version as the shipped images, and saved-report state is being made reliable. Three entries are too thin a record to show where the feature roadmap is going.
◆ Prediction
The entries don't show a feature direction, so the next move is unclear; more self-hosting and report-persistence fixes are the only pattern visible so far.
Alternatives to HyperDX and OpenPanel
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either HyperDX or OpenPanel.
Snowplow
Snowplow's tracked releases are loader and tracker version bumps with no notes.
Tinybird
Tinybird's weekly drop turns to admin controls: bulk member removal and cluster logs.
OpenHouse
OpenHouse makes its commit-driven optimizer production-ready: indexes, bin-packing, metrics.
Fulcrum
Fulcrum keeps sanding down Photo FastFill while its AI bets stay in Alpha.
Holistics
Holistics is pulling analysis out of Explore and onto the dashboard itself.
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Recent activity from HyperDX and OpenPanel
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX CLI 0.6.4: more precise axis ticks in terminal charts
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX API 2.40.0: configurable rate limit, bounded Map-key scans
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX CLI 0.6.4 (duplicate package release entry)
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX 2.40.0: multi-expression PromQL charts and a Trace logs tab
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX collector 2.40.0 compiles in the StatsD receiver
- 8d agoHyperDXHyperDX common-utils 0.30.0: shared code for 2.40 PromQL features
- 11d agoOpenPanelSaved reports keep their filter type and cohort ids
- 1mo agoOpenPanelSelf-hosting build: CI moves to Node 22.20.0
- 1mo agoOpenPanelv2.3.0: CI moves to Node 22.20.0
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between HyperDX and OpenPanel?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. HyperDX is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is HyperDX better than OpenPanel?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. HyperDX is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to HyperDX?
Top HyperDX alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "HyperDX alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hyperdx for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OpenPanel?
Top OpenPanel alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenPanel alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openpanel for the full list with editorial commentary on each.