Comparison

AWS X-Ray vs Uptrace

No clear leader: AWS X-Ray (63.6) and Uptrace (62.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS X-Ray full profile →Uptrace full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

AWS X-Ray64

Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS X-Ray	Uptrace
Vioscale score	64 / 100medium · 63%	63 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	14
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace%2Fexample%2Fkvrocks&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	3,588
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	11
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

AWS X-Ray64 / 100medium · 63%

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS X-Ray✓

Uptrace✓

Model

AWS X-Rayfreemium

Uptracefreemium

Price level

AWS X-Raylow

Uptracelow

Transparent

AWS X-Ray✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

AWS X-Ray–

Uptrace14

Security

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✓

Vulnerabilities

AWS X-Ray–

UptraceCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace%2Fexample%2Fkvrocks&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

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–

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

AWS X-Ray–

Uptrace3,588

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

AWS X-RayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

UptraceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Distributed Tracing Tools
Capability	AWS X-Ray	Uptrace
Core
Trace role	Trace backend / store	SaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	-	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	None
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	-	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

AWS X-RayTrace backend / store

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

AWS X-Ray-

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

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.

Independently observed

Uptrace

Full-featured observability backend built on OpenTelemetry standards and ClickHouse. Provides distributed tracing, metrics, and log management with dramatically lower costs than competing platforms through pay-per-gigabyte billing rather than enterprise licensing models.

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

Usage-basedFree tier

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Uptrace

from $0.03/moHybridFree tier

Free tier includes 50 GB/month. Usage: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB), $0.025/M datapoints for metrics. Volume discounts automatic. No per-seat fees, unlimited users.

FreeFree
- Full platform access
- 50+ pre-built dashboards
- Service graph
- Alerts and notifications
- Unlimited users, services, and hosts
Pay-as-you-goTraces/logs: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB). Metrics: $0.025/M datapoints. Hard spending cap available.
- Distributed tracing
- Metrics monitoring
- Log aggregation
- Custom dashboards
- PromQL queries
- +1 more
On-PremisesContact sales
- Full feature parity with cloud
- No feature limits
- Custom retention policies
- Dedicated support engineer
- SOC 2 certification available
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS X-Ray	Uptrace
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

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✓

Hybrid

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

Not documented yet.

Uptrace

14 total

OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Vector
FluentBit
CloudWatch
Grafana
GitHub Actions
Slack
PagerDuty
AlertManager
WebHook
Google Cloud Auth
Okta
Keycloak

Independently observed

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