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Comparison

Grafana Tempo vs Uptrace

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
Uptrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana Tempo64 / 100medium · 58%
Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✓
Model
Grafana Tempofreemium
Uptracefreemium
Price level
Grafana Tempolow
Uptracelow
Starting price
Grafana Tempo–
Uptrace$0.03
Transparent
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana Tempo10
Uptrace10
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✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Grafana Tempo–
Uptrace99.9
Status page
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana Tempo73
Uptrace0
Github stars
Grafana Tempo5,527
Uptrace4,303
Package downloads weekly
Grafana Tempo–
Uptrace1,716
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana Tempo100
Uptrace5
Release
Cadence days
Grafana Tempo11
Uptrace11
History
Grafana Tempo20 items
Uptrace20 items
License
Spdx
Grafana TempoAGPL-3.0
UptraceAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Grafana TempoGo
UptraceGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana Tempo7 items
Uptrace8 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
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

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

Uptrace

An observability solution that brings together application traces, metrics, and log records into one place. Powered by OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, it's offered both as a cloud service and for self-hosting, designed to process and analyze large volumes of telemetry at substantially lower cost than competing platforms.

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 ↗

Uptrace

from $0.03/datapointsUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.075/GB spans/logs, $0.025 per 1M datapoints metrics. 50 GB free/month, automatic discounts at scale.

  • Usage-based$0.075/GB spans/logs (from $0.10/GB, down to $0.016/GB at scale), $0.025 per 1M datapoints for metrics. 50 GB free/month.
    • Unlimited users, services, and hosts
    • OpenTelemetry native
    • Trace, metrics, and log ingestion
    • High-cardinality attributes
    • Automatic volume discounts (down to $0.016/GB)
    • +2 more
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✓
Uptrace✓
Linux
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✗
CLI
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✓
Self-hosted
Grafana Tempo✓
Uptrace✓
On-premise
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

Leader
11 total - 8 not shared
  • Loki
  • Jaeger
  • Zipkin
  • OpenCensus
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Microsoft Azure
Independently observed

Uptrace

17 total - 14 not shared
  • Vector
  • FluentBit
  • CloudWatch
  • GitHub Actions
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • AlertManager
  • WebHook
  • Google Cloud Auth
  • Okta
  • Keycloak
  • Google Cloud
  • Terraform
  • Tempo
Independently observed
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Grafana Tempo or Uptrace: which one depends on you

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