HyperDX unifies logs and traces. Nova unifies the data and the action.
HyperDX is a fresh OSS-first observability product on ClickHouse. Nova covers the observability surface and adds 100+ AI agents, an incident lifecycle, and autonomous remediation.
HyperDX bundles OTel logs, metrics, traces, RUM, and session replay onto a ClickHouse foundation. Nova covers the same observability surface and adds the entire AI + SRE loop.
| Capability | Nova AI Ops | HyperDX |
|---|---|---|
| OpenTelemetry Native | ✓ OTel-first | ✓ Pure OTel ingestion (signature feature) |
| Logs / Metrics / Traces | ✓ Unified across all three | ✓ All three pillars on ClickHouse |
| Session Replay | ~ RUM yes, no full DOM replay | ✓ Session replay included (signature feature) |
| Open Source | ~ OSS-friendly, not OSS itself | ✓ OSS core |
| AI Agents | ✓ 100+ specialized agents for detection, diagnosis, remediation, postmortems | ~ AI search/summaries, no autonomous agents |
| Incident Management | ✓ Built-in incident lifecycle, war rooms, post-mortems | ✗ No incident lifecycle |
| Auto-Remediation | ✓ 78% incidents auto-resolved in <90s | ✗ No remediation |
| AI Runbooks | ✓ AI-generated runbooks with what-if simulation | ✗ No runbooks |
| On-Call Scheduling | ✓ Follow-the-sun, zero-gap scheduling | ✗ No on-call |
| Pricing | ✓ Per-user pricing, Basic tier, no per-host/per-GB overages | ✓ OSS + per-GB Cloud |
| Setup Time | ✓ Under 3 minutes, one-command install | ✓ Docker / OTel, fast |
| Status Pages | ✓ Public status page + uptime SLA included | ✗ No status page |
HyperDX has an OSS core and a per-GB Cloud tier, appealing for teams building modern OTel stacks. Nova bundles the rest of the SRE loop.
Full platform: monitoring, incidents, AI agents, runbooks, on-call, logs, tracing, auto-remediation. Plans from $20/month. See pricing.
OSS core is free; Cloud is per-GB ingest. No incidents, on-call, or remediation.
HyperDX is excellent OSS-first observability. Incidents, on-call, and a status page still need to come from elsewhere.
HyperDX pricing varies by ingestion. HyperDX OSS is free. HyperDX is a trademark of its respective owner. Nova AI Ops is not affiliated with or endorsed by HyperDX.
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