Comparison

Google Cloud Trace vs Lumigo

On the evidence we track, Lumigo leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Google Cloud Trace full profile →Lumigo full profile →

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Google Cloud Trace47

★Lumigo55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google Cloud Trace	LumigoLeader
vioscaleAI score	47 / 100low · 41%	55 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	free
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	8
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Content
Faqcontent.faq	3 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Google Cloud Trace47 / 100low · 41%

Lumigo55 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✓

Model

Google Cloud Tracefreemium

Lumigofree

Price level

Google Cloud Tracelow

Lumigofree

Transparent

Google Cloud Trace✗

Lumigo✗

Integrations

Count

Google Cloud Trace–

Lumigo8

Security

Gdpr

Google Cloud Trace–

Lumigo✓

Hipaa

Google Cloud Trace–

Lumigo✓

Soc2

Google Cloud Trace–

Lumigo✓

Trust center

Google Cloud Trace–

Lumigohttps://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/

Reliability

Status page

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✓

Content

Faq

Google Cloud Trace3 items

Lumigo6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for APM Tools
Capability	Google Cloud Trace	Lumigo
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation	-	✓
Distributed tracing	✓	✓
Insight
Service map	-	✓
Code / continuous profiling	-	-
Database monitoring	-	-
Error analytics	-	✓
Real-user monitoring	-	-
SLO / error-budget tracking	-	-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI	-	✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	OTel-native	OTel-native
Core
Language agents	Node.js, Go, Java, Python	Python, Node.js, Java, Go
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo✓

Distributed tracing

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✓

Insight

Service map

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo✓

Code / continuous profiling

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo-

Database monitoring

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo-

Error analytics

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo✓

Real-user monitoring

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo-

SLO / error-budget tracking

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo-

Intelligence

Anomaly / root-cause AI

Google Cloud Trace-

Lumigo✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

Google Cloud TraceOTel-native

LumigoOTel-native

Core

Language agents

Google Cloud TraceNode.js, Go, Java, Python

LumigoPython, Node.js, Java, Go

Deployment

Hosting

Google Cloud TraceCloud only

LumigoCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

Google Cloud Trace

Not documented yet.

Lumigo

Leader

Lumigo provides observability for cloud-native and serverless applications. It offers distributed tracing, automated error detection, real-time monitoring, and microservices insights to help developers quickly identify and resolve performance and reliability issues.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Google Cloud Trace

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier with $300 in free credit; pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Lumigo

Leader

from $119/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.

BasicFree
- 150k Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 5GB/mo Logs
- 3 Days Log Retention
- 5GB/mo Metrics
- +3 more
Standard$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly
- 1M Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 40GB/mo Logs
- 7 Days Log Retention
- 40GB/mo Metrics
- +4 more
Plus$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly
- 5M Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 100GB/mo Logs
- 30 Days Log Retention
- 100GB/mo Metrics
- +4 more
CustomContact sales
- Custom Traces
- Custom Trace Retention
- Custom Log Volume
- Custom Log Retention
- Custom Metrics
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google Cloud Trace	Lumigo
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✓

CLI

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google Cloud Trace✓

Lumigo✓

Integrations

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

Google Cloud Trace

Not documented yet.

Lumigo

Leader

11 total

Kubernetes
AWS
OpenTelemetry
Serverless Framework
CircleCI
Slack
PagerDuty
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
AWS CloudWatch

Independently observed

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