# Grafana Tempo vs Odigos

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Grafana Tempo

| Attribute | Grafana Tempo | Odigos |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 63.6 (58% (medium)) | 44 (47% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 94 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 73 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,527 | 3,674 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Grafana Tempo is an open-source distributed tracing backend designed for high-scale trace collection using only object storage, integrating with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki. It supports industry-standard tracing protocols and eliminates the need for expensive database infrastructure. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","question":"What is Grafana Tempo?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafana Tempo is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $19 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","question":"Is Grafana Tempo free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafana Tempo supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","question":"What platforms does Grafana Tempo support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Grafana Tempo can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","question":"Can Grafana Tempo be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Grafana Tempo, including Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Jaeger, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry and OpenCensus. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","question":"What does Grafana Tempo integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Grafana Tempo. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Grafana Tempo not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.grafana.com","question":"What security certifications does Grafana Tempo have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Grafana Tempo is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/grafana/tempo","question":"Is Grafana Tempo open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"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,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source distributed tracing platform that stores trace data using affordable object storage rather than specialized databases, making it simpler and cheaper to operate while integrating with Grafana and other observability tools. | 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":"both","trace_role":"backend","service_map":true,"otel_support":"ingest","trace_search":true,"multi_protocol":true,"storage_backend":"object storage","high_cardinality":true,"metrics_correlation":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Loki"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Zipkin"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"OpenCensus"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon S3","category":"storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","category":"storage"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure","category":"storage"}]` | `[{"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 | Go |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Grafana Tempo open source (AGPLv3)","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Grafana Cloud Pro","features":["Platform fee includes limited trace retention and usage","30 days retention for traces","8x5 email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Grafana Cloud Enterprise","features":["Custom retention","Premium support","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Open source (free). Grafana Cloud integration from $19/month or $25k/year enterprise.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T14:57:40.524Z","startingPrice":{"amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"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.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7.4 | 4.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Ftempo&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"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 | Grafana Tempo | 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 |
| **Correlation** |  |  |
| Correlate traces with metrics/logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Self-hosted only |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | object storage | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T09:28:15.125Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*