Comparison

Grafana Tempo vs Uptrace

No clear leader: Grafana Tempo (62.9) and Uptrace (62.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Grafana Tempo full profile →Uptrace full profile →

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Grafana Tempo63

Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Grafana Tempo	Uptrace
Vioscale score	63 / 100medium · 60%	63 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	14
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
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%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace%2Fexample%2Fkvrocks&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	73	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,455	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	3,588
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	87	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Grafana Tempo63 / 100medium · 60%

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Model

Grafana Tempofreemium

Uptracefreemium

Price level

Grafana Tempofree

Uptracelow

Transparent

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

Grafana Tempo7

Uptrace14

Security

Disclosure policy

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace–

Fedramp

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace–

Gdpr

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Iso27001

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace–

Pci

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace–

Scorecard

Grafana Tempo7.4

Uptrace–

Soc2

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

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

UptraceCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace%2Fexample%2Fkvrocks&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Grafana Tempo–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Grafana Tempo73

Uptrace0

Github stars

Grafana Tempo5,455

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

Grafana Tempo–

Uptrace3,588

Activity

Commits last 30d

Grafana Tempo87

Uptrace–

Release

Cadence days

Grafana Tempo5

Uptrace11

History

Grafana Tempo20 items

Uptrace20 items

License

Spdx

Grafana TempoAGPL-3.0

UptraceAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

Grafana TempoGo

UptraceGo

Market

Availability

Grafana Tempo–

UptraceAvailable 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	Uptrace
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	-	None
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	object storage	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

Grafana TempoTrace backend / store

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

Grafana TempoOTLP ingest

UptraceOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

Grafana Tempo-

Uptrace✓

Service dependency graph

Grafana Tempo-

Uptrace✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

Grafana Tempo-

Uptrace✓

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

Grafana Tempo-

Uptrace-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Grafana Tempo-

UptraceNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

Grafana Tempo-

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Hosting

Grafana TempoCloud + self-hosted

UptraceCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

Grafana Tempoobject storage

UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

Grafana Tempo

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

Uptrace

Full-featured observability backend built on OpenTelemetry standards and ClickHouse. Provides distributed tracing, metrics, and log management with dramatically lower costs than competing platforms through pay-per-gigabyte billing rather than enterprise licensing models.

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

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 ↗

Uptrace

from $0.03/moHybridFree tier

Free tier includes 50 GB/month. Usage: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB), $0.025/M datapoints for metrics. Volume discounts automatic. No per-seat fees, unlimited users.

FreeFree
- Full platform access
- 50+ pre-built dashboards
- Service graph
- Alerts and notifications
- Unlimited users, services, and hosts
Pay-as-you-goTraces/logs: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB). Metrics: $0.025/M datapoints. Hard spending cap available.
- Distributed tracing
- Metrics monitoring
- Log aggregation
- Custom dashboards
- PromQL queries
- +1 more
On-PremisesContact sales
- Full feature parity with cloud
- No feature limits
- Custom retention policies
- Dedicated support engineer
- SOC 2 certification available
- +1 more

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	Uptrace
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

CLI

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

Grafana Tempo✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

Grafana Tempo✗

Uptrace✓

Hybrid

Grafana Tempo✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)

Grafana
Prometheus
OpenTelemetry

Grafana Tempo

7 total - 4 not shared

Loki
Jaeger
Zipkin
OpenCensus

Independently observed

Uptrace

14 total - 11 not shared

Vector
FluentBit
CloudWatch
GitHub Actions
Slack
PagerDuty
AlertManager
WebHook
Google Cloud Auth
Okta
Keycloak

Independently observed

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