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Comparison

Grafana Tempo vs SigNoz

On the evidence we track, Grafana Tempo leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Grafana Tempo64
SigNoz58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana Tempo64 / 100medium · 58%
SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Model
Grafana Tempofreemium
SigNozfreemium
Price level
Grafana Tempolow
SigNozlow
Transparent
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana Tempo10
SigNoz500
Security
Certifications
Grafana Tempo–
SigNozSOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policy
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz–
Fedramp
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz–
Gdpr
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz–
Hipaa
Grafana Tempo–
SigNoz✓
Iso27001
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz–
Pci
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz–
Scorecard
Grafana Tempo7.4
SigNoz–
Soc2
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana Tempo73
SigNoz0
Github stars
Grafana Tempo5,527
SigNoz32,361
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana Tempo100
SigNoz100
Release
Cadence days
Grafana Tempo11
SigNoz5
History
Grafana Tempo20 items
SigNoz20 items
License
Spdx
Grafana TempoAGPL-3.0
SigNoz–
Language
Primary
Grafana TempoGo
SigNozTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana Tempo7 items
SigNoz7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Trace role
Grafana TempoTrace backend / store
SigNozSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Grafana TempoOTLP ingest
SigNozOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz-
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Service dependency graph
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz-
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
Grafana Tempo-
SigNoz-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Grafana Tempo-
SigNozAgent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Hosting
Grafana TempoCloud + self-hosted
SigNozCloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend
Grafana Tempoobject storage
SigNozColumnar database

What each one is

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

Grafana Tempo

Leader

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.

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.

Grafana Tempo

Leader
from $19/moHybridFree tier

Open source (free). Grafana Cloud integration from $19/month or $25k/year enterprise.

  • Open SourceFree
  • Grafana Cloud Pro$19/mo
    • Platform fee includes limited trace retention and usage
    • 30 days retention for traces
    • 8x5 email support
  • Grafana Cloud EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom retention
    • Premium support
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)
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
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Linux
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✗
CLI
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
Self-hosted
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓
On-premise
Grafana Tempo✓
SigNoz✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Prometheus
  • OpenTelemetry

Grafana Tempo

Leader
11 total - 9 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Loki
  • Jaeger
  • Zipkin
  • OpenCensus
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Microsoft Azure
Independently observed

SigNoz

25 total - 23 not shared
  • 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
Independently observed
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