Comparison

OpenTelemetry vs SigNoz

On the evidence we track, OpenTelemetry leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

OpenTelemetry full profile →SigNoz full profile →

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★OpenTelemetry69

SigNoz58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OpenTelemetryLeader	SigNoz
vioscaleAI score	69 / 100low · 46%	58 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	500
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.9	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://opentelemetry.io/bn/docs/zero-code/obi/security/	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsignoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	7,657	32,361
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	136,546,252	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	5
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

OpenTelemetry69 / 100low · 46%

SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Model

OpenTelemetrycommercial

SigNozfreemium

Price level

OpenTelemetryfree

SigNozlow

Transparent

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Integrations

Count

OpenTelemetry2

SigNoz500

Security

Certifications

OpenTelemetry–

SigNozSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz–

Gdpr

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz–

Hipaa

OpenTelemetry–

SigNoz✓

Scorecard

OpenTelemetry7.9

SigNoz–

Soc2

OpenTelemetry–

SigNoz✓

Trust center

OpenTelemetryhttps://opentelemetry.io/bn/docs/zero-code/obi/security/

SigNoz–

Vulnerabilities

OpenTelemetry–

SigNozCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsignoz%2Fsignoz&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

OpenTelemetry–

SigNoz0

Github stars

OpenTelemetry7,657

SigNoz32,361

Package downloads weekly

OpenTelemetry136,546,252

SigNoz–

Activity

Commits last 30d

OpenTelemetry100

SigNoz100

Release

Cadence days

OpenTelemetry13

SigNoz5

History

OpenTelemetry20 items

SigNoz20 items

License

Spdx

OpenTelemetryApache-2.0

SigNoz–

Language

Primary

OpenTelemetryGo

SigNozTypeScript

Market

Availability

OpenTelemetryAvailable worldwide

SigNozAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

OpenTelemetry7 items

SigNoz7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Distributed Tracing Tools
Capability	OpenTelemetry	SigNoz
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	Agent-based	Agent-based
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	-	Columnar database

Core

Trace role

OpenTelemetrySaaS platform

SigNozSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

OpenTelemetryOTel-native

SigNozOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz-

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Service dependency graph

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

OpenTelemetry-

SigNoz-

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

OpenTelemetry-

SigNoz-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

OpenTelemetryAgent-based

SigNozAgent-based

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Deployment

Hosting

OpenTelemetryCloud + self-hosted

SigNozCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

OpenTelemetry-

SigNozColumnar database

What each one is

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

OpenTelemetry

Leader

OpenTelemetry is an open-source framework that equips developers with SDKs, libraries, agents, and collector services to capture distributed traces, metrics, and logs from applications. It enables vendor-neutral observability by allowing teams to instrument code once and export telemetry data to any backend system without vendor lock-in.

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.

OpenTelemetry

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-24verify ↗

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 2026-10-15verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	OpenTelemetry	SigNoz
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

OpenTelemetry✗

SigNoz✓

Windows

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✗

CLI

OpenTelemetry✗

SigNoz✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Self-hosted

OpenTelemetry✗

SigNoz✓

On-premise

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✓

Hybrid

OpenTelemetry✓

SigNoz✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Leader

3 total - 2 not shared

Jaeger
Zipkin

Independently observed

SigNoz

25 total - 24 not shared

Apache
HAProxy
Elasticsearch
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
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

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