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Comparison

Jaeger vs Uptrace

No clear leader: Uptrace (57.4) 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.

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Jaeger56
Uptrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Jaeger56 / 100low · 38%
Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✓
Model
Jaegeropen_source
Uptracefreemium
Price level
Jaegerfree
Uptracelow
Starting price
Jaeger–
Uptrace$0.03
Transparent
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✓
Integrations
Count
Jaeger7
Uptrace10
Security
Gdpr
Jaeger–
Uptrace✓
Scorecard
Jaeger8.6
Uptrace–
Soc2
Jaeger–
Uptrace✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Jaeger–
Uptrace99.9
Status page
Jaeger–
Uptrace✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Jaeger1,141
Uptrace0
Github stars
Jaeger23,297
Uptrace4,303
Package downloads weekly
Jaeger–
Uptrace1,716
Activity
Commits last 30d
Jaeger100
Uptrace5
Release
Cadence days
Jaeger28
Uptrace11
History
Jaeger20 items
Uptrace20 items
License
Spdx
JaegerApache-2.0
UptraceAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
JaegerGo
UptraceGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Jaeger6 items
Uptrace8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

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.

Jaeger

Open sourceFree tier
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
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✓
macOS
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✗
Windows
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✗
Linux
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✗
CLI
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Jaeger✗
Uptrace✓
Self-hosted
Jaeger✓
Uptrace✓
On-premise
Jaeger✗
Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • OpenTelemetry

Jaeger

8 total - 7 not shared
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • Cassandra
  • ClickHouse
  • Badger
  • Kafka
  • Memory
Independently observed

Uptrace

17 total - 16 not shared
  • Prometheus
  • Vector
  • FluentBit
  • CloudWatch
  • Grafana
  • GitHub Actions
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • AlertManager
  • WebHook
  • Google Cloud Auth
  • Okta
  • Keycloak
  • Google Cloud
  • Terraform
  • Tempo
Independently observed
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Jaeger or Uptrace: which one depends on you

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