Comparison

AWS X-Ray vs Odigos

On the evidence we track, AWS X-Ray leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★AWS X-Ray72
Odigos44
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS X-Ray72 / 100medium · 63%
Odigos44 / 100low · 47%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
Model
AWS X-Rayfreemium
Odigosfreemium
Price level
AWS X-Raylow
Odigoslow
Starting price
AWS X-Ray$0.01
Odigos–
Transparent
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✗
Integrations
Count
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos8
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Fedramp
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Gdpr
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Hipaa
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Iso27001
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Pci
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Scorecard
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos4.6
Soc2
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
Reliability
Status page
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos0
Github stars
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos3,674
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos94
Release
History
AWS X-Ray–
Odigos20 items
License
Spdx
AWS X-Ray–
Language
Primary
AWS X-Ray–
OdigosGo
Market
Availability
Odigos–
Content
Faq
AWS X-Ray6 items
Odigos3 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for distributed tracing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Trace role
AWS X-RayTrace backend / store
OdigosSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
AWS X-RayOTLP ingest
OdigosOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
AWS X-Ray-
Odigos-
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
Service dependency graph
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
AWS X-Ray-
Odigos-
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
AWS X-Ray-
Odigos-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
AWS X-RayAgent-based
OdigosAgent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
Deployment
Hosting
AWS X-RayCloud only
OdigosSelf-hosted only
Architecture
Storage backend
AWS X-Ray-
Odigos-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS X-Ray

Leader

A cloud-based monitoring and observability service that centralizes performance data from AWS services and on-premises applications, providing dashboards, automated insights, and distributed tracing capabilities through OpenTelemetry integration.

Independently observed

Odigos

An observability platform that instantly traces applications in Kubernetes and cloud environments using eBPF technology, without requiring code modifications. It captures distributed traces and exports them in OpenTelemetry format for integration with standard observability tools.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS X-Ray

Leader
from $0.01/samples scannedUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based pricing: $0.50/GB for OpenTelemetry metrics, $0.08/GB for Container Insights, $0.01 per million query samples.

  • Free tierFree
    • 3 Custom Dashboards
    • Automatic Dashboards
    • Free metrics from AWS services
  • OpenTelemetry metrics ingestion$0.50 per GB
    • 15 months storage included
    • No API call charges
    • No per-metric-series charges
  • PromQL query API$0.01 per 1000000 samples scanned
    • Console/dashboard queries free
  • Container Insights with OpenTelemetry$0.08 per GB
    • EKS cluster metrics at 30-second granularity
    • Kubernetes pod/node labels
    • PromQL querying
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Odigos

HybridFree tier14-day trial

Free open source or custom enterprise pricing. 14-day free enterprise trial.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Zero-code OpenTelemetry tracing
    • Collector sampling actions
    • Instrumentation actions
    • Kubernetes tracing
    • Linux VM and cloud VM tracing
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Open Source features
    • Low-overhead eBPF depth capture
    • Multi-cluster distributed tracing
    • Multi-cluster administration
    • .NET, PHP, Ruby support
    • +2 more
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
CLI
AWS X-Ray✗
Odigos✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS X-Ray✓
Odigos✓
Self-hosted
AWS X-Ray✗
Odigos✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS X-Ray

Leader

Not documented yet.

Odigos

8 total
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • Honeycomb
  • Grafana Cloud
  • Jaeger
  • Tempo
  • Loki
  • SigNoz
Independently observed
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