# AWS X-Ray vs Odigos

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** AWS X-Ray

| Attribute | AWS X-Ray | Odigos |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 72.1 (63% (medium)) | 44 (47% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 94 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 3,674 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals is an APM solution providing automatic instrumentation and observability for distributed applications across AWS services with prebuilt dashboards, service mapping, and AI-powered troubleshooting. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/xray/","question":"What is AWS X-Ray?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS X-Ray offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/xray/","question":"Is AWS X-Ray free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to AWS X-Ray. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/xray/","question":"What platforms does AWS X-Ray support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS X-Ray, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/xray/","question":"Can AWS X-Ray be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AWS X-Ray. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS X-Ray not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does AWS X-Ray have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"AWS X-Ray is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_ec2","question":"Where is AWS X-Ray available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Observability platform providing automatic instrumentation for metrics, traces, and logs across services and infrastructure. Enables end-to-end tracing without code edits or redeploys. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://odigos.io/","question":"What is Odigos?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Odigos is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://odigos.io/pricing","question":"Is Odigos free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Odigos is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos","question":"Is Odigos open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","trace_role":"backend","service_map":true,"otel_support":"ingest","trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` | `{"hosting":"self","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 8 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Datadog","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"New Relic","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Honeycomb","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Grafana Cloud","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jaeger","native":false,"category":"tracing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Tempo","native":false,"category":"tracing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Loki","native":false,"category":"logging","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"SigNoz","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free tier","features":["3 Custom Dashboards","Automatic Dashboards","Free metrics from AWS services"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"custom_dashboards":"3","automatic_dashboards":"unlimited","metrics_per_dashboard":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"OpenTelemetry metrics ingestion","features":["15 months storage included","No API call charges","No per-metric-series charges"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"free":false,"name":"PromQL query API","features":["Console/dashboard queries free"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"samples scanned"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}]},{"free":false,"name":"Container Insights with OpenTelemetry","features":["EKS cluster metrics at 30-second granularity","Kubernetes pod/node labels","PromQL querying"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.08,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Usage-based pricing: $0.50/GB for OpenTelemetry metrics, $0.08/GB for Container Insights, $0.01 per million query samples.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:31:43.005Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"samples scanned","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free, open source, self-hosted","features":["Zero-code OpenTelemetry tracing","Collector sampling actions","Instrumentation actions","Kubernetes tracing","Linux VM and cloud VM tracing","Linux bare metal tracing","Go, Java, Python, Node.js support","Community support"],"description":"Free and open source Apache 2.0 licensed solution","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, 14-day free trial","features":["All Open Source features","Low-overhead eBPF depth capture","Multi-cluster distributed tracing","Multi-cluster administration",".NET, PHP, Ruby support","Database extended distributed tracing","24/7 premium support"],"description":"Production-grade platform with premium features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open source or custom enterprise pricing. 14-day free enterprise trial.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://odigos.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-14T13:23:05.951Z","freeTrialDays":14}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.37.3","date":"2026-10-13T14:58:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.4","date":"2026-10-13T14:58:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.3","date":"2026-10-12T07:00:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.1","date":"2026-10-07T11:52:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.37.2","date":"2026-10-07T11:54:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.2","date":"2026-10-07T12:39:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.1","date":"2026-10-07T10:02:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.39.0-pre1","date":"2026-10-04T09:36:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.39.0-pre1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0","date":"2026-10-04T12:36:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc3","date":"2026-10-04T09:54:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc2","date":"2026-10-02T01:10:12Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc1","date":"2026-10-01T13:38:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v0.0.0-feat.interrogation.0","date":"2026-10-01T15:12:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.0.0-feat.interrogation.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc0","date":"2026-10-01T07:23:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre9","date":"2026-09-30T11:35:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre9"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre8","date":"2026-09-29T04:39:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre8"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre6","date":"2026-09-28T06:58:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre6"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre5","date":"2026-09-24T10:44:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre5"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre4","date":"2026-09-23T08:06:35Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre4"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.38.0-pre3","date":"2026-09-22T11:15:15Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.38.0-pre3"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"PCI-DSS","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA/HITECH","status":"active"},{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/security/ https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fodigos-io%2Fodigos%2Finstrumentationrules&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | AWS X-Ray | Odigos |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | Trace backend / store | SaaS platform |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTLP ingest | OTel-native |
| Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP) | - | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Trace search / filter by attributes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Service dependency graph | ✓ | ✓ |
| High-cardinality attribute exploration | - | - |
| **Sampling** |  |  |
| Tail-based / dynamic sampling | - | - |
| **Instrumentation** |  |  |
| Auto-instrumentation | Agent-based | Agent-based |
| **Correlation** |  |  |
| Correlate traces with metrics/logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted only |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T01:32:33.276Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*