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Benchmarking Kubernetes Log Collectors: vlagent, Vector, Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry Collector, and more

We benchmarked vlagent, Vector, Fluent Bit, Filebeat, Fluentd, Promtail, Grafana Alloy, and OpenTelemetry Collector on throughput, resource usage, and delivery correctness - and found correctness issues that most benchmarks overlook.

VictoriaMetrics February 2026 Ecosystem Updates

February 2026 updates deliver new LTS support, VMUI memory insights, queue alerts, jsonline output, resizable Web UI tables, and automatic snapshot expiry across the VictoriaMetrics Observability Stack.

VictoriaMetrics at FOSDEM, Cloud Native Days France, and CfgMgmtCamp Ghent

A developer-focused recap of VictoriaMetrics’ participation at FOSDEM, Cloud Native Days France and CfgMgmtCamp, highlighting open source observability, community feedback and real-world engineering perspectives.

VictoriaMetrics January 2026 Ecosystem Updates

January 2026 updates deliver quality of life improvements, performance optimizations, and tighter Kubernetes integration across the VictoriaMetrics Observability Stack.

Our latest updates across the VictoriaMetrics Observability ecosystem

The VictoriaMetrics ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly, and the latest updates bring meaningful improvements across metrics, logs, and traces. Read the announcement for details.

Announcing 1B+ Downloads & Product Development With Logs, Traces, Metrics

This year saw us blast past the 1 billion downloads on Docker, which is fueled by our customer-centric approach to software development and the introduction of new open source projects, such as our new database for traces. Read this blog post to learn more about our 2025 milestones.

How DreamHost Slashed Memory Usage by 80% and Scaled to 76 Million Time Series

VictoriaMetrics delivers a complete open-source observability stack, combining a highly scalable time series database with a powerful log management system. This streamlined, single-binary solution simplifies deployment while providing fast, cost-effective monitoring and logging at any scale.

Creating a Sustainable Open Source Business Model - Introduction

Open source defies everything you’ve ever heard or learned about business before. This blog post is an introduction to how we’re creating a sustainable business model rooted in open source.

VictoriaLogs Unleashed: Cluster Version Now Available for Exceptional, Linear Scaling

We’re thrilled to announce the release of the VictoriaLogs Cluster version – one of the most requested and anticipated updates from our user community. If you’ve been pushing the boundaries of vertical scaling, the solution for horizontal scalability is now here.

vmagent: Key Features Explained in Under 15 Minutes

vmagent is a lightweight agent for collecting and forwarding metrics to remote storage. It supports relabeling, sharding, replication, aggregation, deduplication, and disk buffering to ensure reliable and efficient metric delivery.