Comparison

Jaeger vs Uptrace

No clear leader: Uptrace (62.7) and Jaeger (59.2) 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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Jaeger59

Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Jaeger	Uptrace
Vioscale score	59 / 100low · 38%updating	63 / 100medium · 63%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	14
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.8	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fjaegertracing%2Fjaeger&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE	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	1,141	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	23,144	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	3,588
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	96	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	28	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Jaeger59 / 100low · 38%updating

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

Model

Jaegeropen_source

Uptracefreemium

Price level

Jaegerfree

Uptracelow

Transparent

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

Jaeger7

Uptrace14

Security

Gdpr

Jaeger–

Uptrace✓

Scorecard

Jaeger7.8

Uptrace–

Soc2

Jaeger–

Uptrace✓

Vulnerabilities

JaegerCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fjaegertracing%2Fjaeger&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

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

Jaeger–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

Jaeger–

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Jaeger1,141

Uptrace0

Github stars

Jaeger23,144

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

Jaeger–

Uptrace3,588

Activity

Commits last 30d

Jaeger96

Uptrace–

Release

Cadence days

Jaeger28

Uptrace11

History

Jaeger20 items

Uptrace20 items

License

Spdx

JaegerApache-2.0

UptraceAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

JaegerGo

UptraceGo

Market

Availability

Jaeger–

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	Jaeger	Uptrace
Core
Trace role	SaaS platform	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	Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

JaegerSaaS platform

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

JaegerOTel-native

UptraceOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

Jaeger-

Uptrace✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

Service dependency graph

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

Jaeger-

Uptrace✓

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

Jaeger✓

Uptrace-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Jaeger-

UptraceNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

Jaeger-

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Hosting

JaegerCloud + self-hosted

UptraceCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

JaegerElasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory

UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

Jaeger

A backend that collects execution traces from microservice-based applications and provides analysis tools to understand system behavior and diagnose issues. Teams use it to track how requests move through their services and identify where delays or errors occur.

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.

Jaeger

Open sourceFree tier

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

Platforms

Web

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Jaeger✗

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

Jaeger✓

Uptrace✓

Hybrid

Jaeger✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

Jaeger

7 total

Elasticsearch
OpenSearch
Cassandra
ClickHouse
Badger
Kafka
Memory

Independently observed

Uptrace

14 total

OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Vector
FluentBit
CloudWatch
Grafana
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.