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Comparison

Jaeger vs SigNoz

No clear leader: SigNoz (57.9) and Jaeger (56.3) 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.

Jaeger full profile →SigNoz full profile →
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Jaeger56
SigNoz58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Jaeger56 / 100low · 38%
SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
Model
Price level
Jaegerfree
SigNozlow
Transparent
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
Integrations
Count
Jaeger7
SigNoz500
Security
Certifications
Jaeger–
SigNozSOC 2 Type II
Hipaa
Jaeger–
SigNoz✓
Scorecard
Jaeger8.6
SigNoz–
Soc2
Jaeger–
SigNoz✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Jaeger–
SigNoz✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Jaeger1,141
SigNoz0
Github stars
Jaeger23,297
SigNoz32,361
Activity
Commits last 30d
Jaeger100
SigNoz100
Release
Cadence days
Jaeger28
SigNoz5
History
Jaeger20 items
SigNoz20 items
License
Spdx
JaegerApache-2.0
SigNoz–
Language
Primary
JaegerGo
SigNozTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Jaeger6 items
SigNoz7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for distributed tracing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Trace role
JaegerSaaS platform
SigNozSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
JaegerOTel-native
SigNozOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
Jaeger-
SigNoz-
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
Service dependency graph
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
Jaeger-
SigNoz-
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
Jaeger✓
SigNoz-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Jaeger-
SigNozAgent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
Jaeger-
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Hosting
JaegerCloud + self-hosted
SigNozCloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend
JaegerElasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory
SigNozColumnar database

What each one is

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

Jaeger

Jaeger is an open-source tracing platform that processes and analyzes telemetry data from distributed systems, helping teams identify performance issues, diagnose root causes, and understand service dependencies. It provides search, visualization, and aggregation of traces across complex application architectures.

Independently observed

SigNoz

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Jaeger

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

SigNoz

Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Usage-based cloud pricing from $49/month with 30-day free trial; free open-source self-hosted option.

  • SigNoz CloudFrom $49/month, usage-based pricing with 30-day free trial
    • logs
    • metrics
    • traces
    • alerts
    • dashboards
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise CloudContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +3 more
  • BYOCContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +1 more
  • Enterprise Self-HostedContact sales
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • HIPAA compliance
    • RBAC
    • ingestion controls
    • custom retention
    • +1 more
  • Open-Source Self-HostedFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
macOS
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✗
Windows
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✗
Linux
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✗
CLI
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Jaeger✗
SigNoz✓
Self-hosted
Jaeger✓
SigNoz✓
On-premise
Jaeger✗
SigNoz✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenTelemetry

Jaeger

8 total - 6 not shared
  • OpenSearch
  • Cassandra
  • ClickHouse
  • Badger
  • Kafka
  • Memory
Independently observed

SigNoz

25 total - 23 not shared
  • Apache
  • HAProxy
  • RabbitMQ
  • Open WebUI
  • DSPy
  • HCP Vault
  • OpenTelemetry eBPF
  • Langflow
  • Cohere
  • Auth0
  • PgBouncer
  • Kubernetes
  • Git
  • Jira
  • Google Chat
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • MS Teams
  • OpenTelemetry Collector
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • incident.io
  • Prometheus
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Jaeger or SigNoz: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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