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Sensu Go is a commercial software product based on an open source project of the same name (sensu/sensu-go). The OSS version is distributed as MIT-licensed code that can be compiled from source. All official binaries distributed by Sensu, Inc. are commercially licensed and made available for FREE for small teams or individual use (up to 100 nodes).
Here’s a detailed look at the differences between the Sensu Go OSS project and the commercial distribution.
| Licensing & Distribution | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing & distribution | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
| License | MIT | Sensu License |
| Free usage limits | Unlimited | Up to 100 nodes |
| Pricing for additional nodes (learn more) | Free | $3-5/mo per node |
| Distribution | Source code only | Signed binaries & packages |
| Licensing & distribution | Open Source Commercial Distribution |
| License | MIT Sensu License |
| Free usage limits | Unlimited Up to 100 nodes |
| Pricing for additional nodes (learn more) | Free $3-5/mo per node |
| Distribution | Source code only Signed binaries & packages |
| Monitoring features | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Server monitoring | ||
| Container monitoring | ||
| Real-time inventory | ||
| Health checks & custom metrics | ||
| Alerts & incident management | ||
| Automated remediation & custom workflows | ||
| 200+ community plugins | ||
| 50+ commercially supported plugins & integrations (ServiceNow, JIRA, ElasticSearch, Splunk, Ansible, Moogsoft, etc.) |
| Server monitoring | |
| Container monitoring | |
| Real-time inventory | |
| Health checks & custom metrics | |
| Alerts & incident management | |
| Automated remediation & custom workflows | |
| 200+ community plugins | |
| 50+ commercially supported plugins & integrations (ServiceNow, JIRA, ElasticSearch, Splunk, Ansible, Moogsoft, etc.) | |
| Dashboard features | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time incident dashboard | ||
| Real-time inventory dashboard | ||
| Grafana datasource | ||
| Multi-tenant dashboard (single-site) | ||
| Multi-site dashboard (federation) | ||
| Resource management dashboard (real-time config mgmt.) |
| Real-time incident dashboard | |
| Real-time inventory dashboard | |
| Grafana datasource | |
| Multi-tenant dashboard (single-site) | |
| Multi-site dashboard (federation) | |
| Resource management dashboard (real-time config mgmt.) | |
| Extensibility features | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Custom plugins/scripts language support (e.g. C, C++, Golang, Ruby, Javascript/NodeJS, Rust, C#, Perl, Bash, etc) | Any language | Any language |
| Discovery, Inventory, Config Management APIs | ||
| Token-based API authentication (JWTs) | ||
| Persistent API token authentication (service accounts) | ||
| gRPC Extension API (high-performance extensions) |
| Custom plugins/scripts language support (e.g. C, C++, Golang, Ruby, Javascript/NodeJS, Rust, C#, Perl, Bash, etc) | Any language Any language |
| Discovery, Inventory, Config Management APIs | |
| Token-based API authentication (JWTs) | |
| Persistent API token authentication (service accounts) | |
| gRPC Extension API (high-performance extensions) | |
| Architecture, scalability, and security | Open Source | Commercial Distibution |
|---|---|---|
| Namespaces and RBAC | ||
| Built-in configuration management database (embedded etcd) | ||
| Built-in transport (TLS-encrypted websockets w/ support for self-signed certificates) | ||
| Built-in user management (basic auth) | ||
| Agent authentication via username and password (basic auth) | ||
| Agent authentication via mTLS (certificate auth) | ||
| Secrets management (basic) | ||
| Enterprise secrets management integrations (HashiCorp Vault) | ||
| Single sign-on (SSO) (LDAP, Active Directory, OIDC) | ||
| Support for external PKI and CRL services (for mTLS agent auth) | ||
| Dedicated event storage backend (PostgreSQL) | ||
| Multi-site federation (Auth provider & RBAC resource replication) (learn more) |
| Namespaces and RBAC | |
| Built-in configuration management database (embedded etcd) | |
| Built-in transport (TLS-encrypted websockets w/ support for self-signed certificates) | |
| Built-in user management (basic auth) | |
| Agent authentication via username and password (basic auth) | |
| Agent authentication via mTLS (certificate auth) | |
| Secrets management (basic) | |
| Enterprise secrets management integrations (HashiCorp Vault) | |
| Single sign-on (SSO) (LDAP, Active Directory, OIDC) | |
| Support for external PKI and CRL services (for mTLS agent auth) | |
| Dedicated event storage backend (PostgreSQL) | |
| Multi-site federation (Auth provider & RBAC resource replication) (learn more) | |
| Services & support | Open Source | Commercial Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Bonsai (hosted Sensu Asset Index & CDN) | ||
| Community support (Discourse, Slack) | ||
| Commercial support with SLA | ||
| Training and professional services |
| Bonsai (hosted Sensu Asset Index & CDN) | |
| Community support (Discourse, Slack) | |
| Commercial support with SLA | |
| Training and professional services | |
As highlighted above, the Sensu Go commercial distribution provides significant added-value beyond the core functionality of the open source project. We’re proud to offer all of these great features for FREE for your first 100-nodes. When it comes to larger scale deployments where the scalability, integration, and security of your observability solution are mission-critical, Sensu Go offers an incredible value for less than 1¢ per node per hour.
Want to learn more about our pricing? Or do you still have questions about the differences between the commercial product and open source project?
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