Comparison

Grafana Tempo vs SigNoz

On the evidence we track, Grafana Tempo leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Grafana Tempo63

SigNoz57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Grafana TempoLeader	SigNoz
Vioscale score	63 / 100medium · 60%	57 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	50
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.4	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Ftempo&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: HIGH	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FSigNoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	73	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,455	31,930
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	87	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	4
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	AGPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Grafana Tempo63 / 100medium · 60%

SigNoz57 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

Model

Grafana Tempofreemium

SigNozcommercial

Price level

Grafana Tempofree

SigNozlow

Transparent

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

Integrations

Count

Grafana Tempo7

SigNoz50

Security

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✓

Vulnerabilities

Grafana TempoCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Ftempo&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: HIGH

SigNozCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FSigNoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Grafana Tempo73

SigNoz0

Github stars

Grafana Tempo5,455

SigNoz31,930

Activity

Commits last 30d

Grafana Tempo87

SigNoz100

Release

Cadence days

Grafana Tempo5

SigNoz4

History

Grafana Tempo20 items

SigNoz20 items

License

Spdx

Grafana TempoAGPL-3.0

SigNoz–

Language

Primary

Grafana TempoGo

SigNozTypeScript

Market

Availability

Grafana Tempo–

SigNozAvailable 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	Grafana Tempo	SigNoz
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	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	object storage	-

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

SigNoz-

What each one is

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

Grafana Tempo

Leader

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.

Independently observed

SigNoz

A monitoring and observability tool that aggregates traces, metrics, logs, and dashboards into one interface. Supports self-hosted deployment or cloud operation, built on the OpenTelemetry standard.

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 2026-08-01verify ↗

SigNoz

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted version; cloud plans usage-based with 30-day free trial

Open SourceFree
Cloud-

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	Grafana Tempo	SigNoz
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

CLI

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

Self-hosted

Grafana Tempo✓

SigNoz✓

Integrations

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

Grafana Tempo

Leader

7 total

Grafana
Prometheus
Loki
Jaeger
Zipkin
OpenTelemetry
OpenCensus

Independently observed

SigNoz

16 total

Apache
HAProxy
Elasticsearch
RabbitMQ
Open WebUI
DSPy
HCP Vault
OpenTelemetry eBPF
Langflow
Cohere
Auth0
PgBouncer
Kubernetes
Git
Jira
Google Chat

Independently observed

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