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Comparison

AWS X-Ray vs SigNoz

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.

AWS X-Ray full profile →SigNoz full profile →
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★AWS X-Ray72
SigNoz58
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS X-Ray72 / 100medium · 63%
SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Model
AWS X-Rayfreemium
SigNozfreemium
Price level
AWS X-Raylow
SigNozlow
Starting price
AWS X-Ray$0.01
SigNoz–
Transparent
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Integrations
Count
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz500
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz–
Fedramp
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz–
Gdpr
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz–
Hipaa
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Iso27001
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz–
Pci
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz–
Soc2
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz0
Github stars
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz32,361
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz100
Release
Cadence days
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz5
History
AWS X-Ray–
SigNoz20 items
Language
Primary
AWS X-Ray–
SigNozTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS X-Ray6 items
SigNoz7 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
SigNozSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
AWS X-RayOTLP ingest
SigNozOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
AWS X-Ray-
SigNoz-
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Service dependency graph
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
AWS X-Ray-
SigNoz-
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
AWS X-Ray-
SigNoz-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
AWS X-RayAgent-based
SigNozAgent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Hosting
AWS X-RayCloud only
SigNozCloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend
AWS X-Ray-
SigNozColumnar database

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

SigNoz

Open-source observability platform that brings together application telemetry—logs, metrics, and distributed traces—in a single interface, built natively around OpenTelemetry instrumentation. Available as a managed cloud service or self-deployed within your own infrastructure.

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
as of verify ↗

SigNoz

Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Usage-based cloud pricing from $49/month with 30-day free trial; free open-source self-hosted option.

  • SigNoz CloudFrom $49/month, usage-based pricing with 30-day free trial
    • logs
    • metrics
    • traces
    • alerts
    • dashboards
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise CloudContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +3 more
  • BYOCContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +1 more
  • Enterprise Self-HostedContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +1 more
  • Open-Source Self-HostedFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
CLI
AWS X-Ray✗
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS X-Ray✓
SigNoz✓
Self-hosted
AWS X-Ray✗
SigNoz✓
On-premise
AWS X-Ray✗
SigNoz✓

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.

SigNoz

25 total
  • Apache
  • HAProxy
  • Elasticsearch
  • RabbitMQ
  • Open WebUI
  • DSPy
  • HCP Vault
  • OpenTelemetry eBPF
  • Langflow
  • Cohere
  • Auth0
  • PgBouncer
  • Kubernetes
  • Git
  • Jira
  • Google Chat
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • MS Teams
  • OpenTelemetry Collector
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • incident.io
  • OpenTelemetry
  • +1 more
Independently observed
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AWS X-Ray or SigNoz: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.