OpenTelemetry vs Uptrace
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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for distributed tracing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
OpenTelemetry
LeaderOpenTelemetry 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.
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.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Uptrace
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
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Prometheus
OpenTelemetry
Leader- Jaeger
- Zipkin
Uptrace
- OpenTelemetry
- Vector
- FluentBit
- CloudWatch
- Grafana
- GitHub Actions
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- AlertManager
- WebHook
- Google Cloud Auth
- Okta
- Keycloak
- Google Cloud
- Terraform
- Tempo
OpenTelemetry or Uptrace: 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.