Comparison

Honeycomb vs Uptrace

No clear leader: Honeycomb (62.8) 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.

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Honeycomb63

Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Honeycomb	Uptrace
Vioscale score	63 / 100low · 49%	63 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	14
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	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	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	3,588
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	11
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Honeycomb63 / 100low · 49%

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Model

Honeycombfreemium

Uptracefreemium

Price level

Honeycomblow

Uptracelow

Transparent

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

Honeycomb9

Uptrace14

Security

Gdpr

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Soc2

Honeycomb–

Uptrace✓

Vulnerabilities

Honeycomb–

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

Honeycomb–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Honeycomb–

Uptrace0

Github stars

Honeycomb–

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

Honeycomb–

Uptrace3,588

Release

Cadence days

Honeycomb–

Uptrace11

History

Honeycomb–

Uptrace20 items

License

Spdx

Honeycomb–

UptraceAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

Honeycomb–

UptraceGo

Market

Availability

HoneycombAvailable worldwide · HQ US

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	Honeycomb	Uptrace
Core
Trace role	Trace backend / store	SaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	OTel-native	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	-	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

HoneycombTrace backend / store

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

HoneycombOTel-native

UptraceOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Service dependency graph

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

Honeycomb✗

Uptrace-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Honeycomb-

UptraceNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Hosting

HoneycombCloud + self-hosted

UptraceCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

Honeycomb-

UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

Honeycomb

A cloud observability platform that enables engineering teams to trace distributed services, debug AI agent workflows, and investigate production issues across multiple services and LLM calls in real time. Includes metrics, alerting, SLOs, and AI-assisted debugging capabilities.

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.

Honeycomb

from $0.10/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $150/month (Pro). Unlimited seats and queries. Free tier available.

FreeFree
- Distributed Tracing
- 2 Triggers
- BubbleUp
- OpenTelemetry Support
- Team Query History
- +5 more
ProStarting at $150/month, flexible event volume
- All Free features
- 100 Triggers
- 2 Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
- Single-Sign On (SSO)
- Honeycomb Support
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Pro features
- 300+ Triggers
- 100+ Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
- Service Map
- Enterprise Support for Refinery
- +5 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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

Platforms

Web

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

CLI

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Hybrid

Honeycomb✓

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

OpenTelemetry
Slack

Honeycomb

9 total - 7 not shared

Anthropic Claude
Google Analytics
Microsoft Teams
AWS PrivateLink
Jaeger
Zipkin
OTLP

Independently observed

Uptrace

14 total - 12 not shared

Prometheus
Vector
FluentBit
CloudWatch
Grafana
GitHub Actions
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.