Comparison

Odigos vs Uptrace

On the evidence we track, Uptrace leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Odigos44
★Uptrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Odigos44 / 100low · 47%
Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
Model
Odigosfreemium
Uptracefreemium
Price level
Odigoslow
Uptracelow
Starting price
Odigos–
Uptrace$0.03
Transparent
Odigos✗
Uptrace✓
Integrations
Count
Odigos8
Uptrace10
Reliability
Sla pct
Odigos–
Uptrace99.9
Status page
Odigos–
Uptrace✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Odigos0
Uptrace0
Github stars
Odigos3,674
Uptrace4,303
Package downloads weekly
Odigos–
Uptrace1,716
Activity
Commits last 30d
Odigos94
Uptrace5
Release
Cadence days
Odigos–
Uptrace11
History
Odigos20 items
Uptrace20 items
License
Spdx
UptraceAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
OdigosGo
UptraceGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Odigos3 items
Uptrace8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Trace role
OdigosSaaS platform
UptraceSaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
OdigosOTel-native
UptraceOTel-native
Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
Odigos-
Uptrace✓
Query
Trace search / filter by attributes
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
Service dependency graph
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
High-cardinality attribute exploration
Odigos-
Uptrace✓
Sampling
Tail-based / dynamic sampling
Odigos-
Uptrace-
Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
OdigosAgent-based
UptraceNone
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
Deployment
Hosting
OdigosSelf-hosted only
UptraceCloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend
Odigos-
UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

Odigos

An observability platform that instantly traces applications in Kubernetes and cloud environments using eBPF technology, without requiring code modifications. It captures distributed traces and exports them in OpenTelemetry format for integration with standard observability tools.

Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader

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.

Odigos

HybridFree tier14-day trial

Free open source or custom enterprise pricing. 14-day free enterprise trial.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Zero-code OpenTelemetry tracing
    • Collector sampling actions
    • Instrumentation actions
    • Kubernetes tracing
    • Linux VM and cloud VM tracing
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Open Source features
    • Low-overhead eBPF depth capture
    • Multi-cluster distributed tracing
    • Multi-cluster administration
    • .NET, PHP, Ruby support
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Uptrace

Leader
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
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
CLI
Odigos✓
Uptrace✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
Self-hosted
Odigos✓
Uptrace✓
On-premise
Odigos✗
Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Tempo

Odigos

8 total - 7 not shared
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • Honeycomb
  • Grafana Cloud
  • Jaeger
  • Loki
  • SigNoz
Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader
17 total - 16 not shared
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus
  • Vector
  • FluentBit
  • CloudWatch
  • Grafana
  • GitHub Actions
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • AlertManager
  • WebHook
  • Google Cloud Auth
  • Okta
  • Keycloak
  • Google Cloud
  • Terraform
Independently observed
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