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Comparison

AWS X-Ray vs Uptrace

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 →Uptrace full profile →
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★AWS X-Ray72
Uptrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS X-Ray72 / 100medium · 63%
Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Model
AWS X-Rayfreemium
Uptracefreemium
Price level
AWS X-Raylow
Uptracelow
Starting price
AWS X-Ray$0.01
Uptrace$0.03
Transparent
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Integrations
Count
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace10
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace–
Fedramp
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace–
Gdpr
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Hipaa
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace–
Iso27001
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace–
Pci
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace–
Soc2
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace99.9
Status page
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace0
Github stars
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace4,303
Package downloads weekly
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace1,716
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace5
Release
Cadence days
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace11
History
AWS X-Ray–
Uptrace20 items
License
Spdx
AWS X-Ray–
UptraceAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
AWS X-Ray–
UptraceGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS X-Ray6 items
Uptrace8 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
UptraceSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
AWS X-RayOTLP ingest
UptraceOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
AWS X-Ray-
Uptrace✓
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Service dependency graph
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
AWS X-Ray-
Uptrace✓
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
AWS X-Ray-
Uptrace-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
AWS X-RayAgent-based
UptraceNone
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Deployment
Hosting
AWS X-RayCloud only
UptraceCloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend
AWS X-Ray-
UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

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

Uptrace

An observability solution that brings together application traces, metrics, and log records into one place. Powered by OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, it's offered both as a cloud service and for self-hosting, designed to process and analyze large volumes of telemetry at substantially lower cost than competing platforms.

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 ↗

Uptrace

from $0.03/datapointsUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.075/GB spans/logs, $0.025 per 1M datapoints metrics. 50 GB free/month, automatic discounts at scale.

  • Usage-based$0.075/GB spans/logs (from $0.10/GB, down to $0.016/GB at scale), $0.025 per 1M datapoints for metrics. 50 GB free/month.
    • Unlimited users, services, and hosts
    • OpenTelemetry native
    • Trace, metrics, and log ingestion
    • High-cardinality attributes
    • Automatic volume discounts (down to $0.016/GB)
    • +2 more
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✓
Uptrace✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS X-Ray✓
Uptrace✓
Self-hosted
AWS X-Ray✗
Uptrace✓
On-premise
AWS X-Ray✗
Uptrace✓

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.

Uptrace

17 total
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus
  • Vector
  • FluentBit
  • CloudWatch
  • Grafana
  • GitHub Actions
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • AlertManager
  • WebHook
  • Google Cloud Auth
  • Okta
  • Keycloak
  • Google Cloud
  • Terraform
  • Tempo
Independently observed
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