# Grafana Tempo vs SigNoz

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Grafana Tempo

| Attribute | Grafana Tempo | SigNoz |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 63.6 (58% (medium)) | 57.9 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 73 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,527 | 32,361 |
| 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":"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. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What is SigNoz?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SigNoz offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Open Source and Cloud. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Is SigNoz free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to SigNoz. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What platforms does SigNoz support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SigNoz can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Can SigNoz be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 16 integrations for SigNoz, including Apache, HAProxy, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Open WebUI, DSPy, HCP Vault and OpenTelemetry eBPF, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What does SigNoz integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for SigNoz. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SigNoz not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://signoz.io","question":"What security certifications does SigNoz have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"SigNoz is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Where is SigNoz available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":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. | 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. |
| 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":"both","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"storage_backend":"Columnar database","metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 500 |
| 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":"Apache"},{"name":"HAProxy"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Open WebUI"},{"name":"DSPy"},{"name":"HCP Vault"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry eBPF"},{"name":"Langflow"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"PgBouncer"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"MS Teams"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry Collector"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"incident.io","native":true,"category":"incident management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| 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":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"SigNoz Cloud","summary":"From $49/month, usage-based pricing with 30-day free trial","features":["logs","metrics","traces","alerts","dashboards","exceptions","infrastructure monitoring"],"description":"Fully managed cloud deployment","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Cloud","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","data residency","region selection","support"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"BYOC","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","data residency"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Self-Hosted","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","support"],"contactSales":true},{"free":true,"name":"Open-Source Self-Hosted","description":"Community edition, fully open-source","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based cloud pricing from $49/month with 30-day free trial; free open-source self-hosted option.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:22:58.436Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | 5 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7.4 | - |
| 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%2Fsignoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | Columnar database |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:30:24.529Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*