Comparison

SigNoz vs Tracetest

On the evidence we track, SigNoz leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★SigNoz58

Tracetest43

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SigNozLeader	Tracetest
vioscaleAI score	58 / 100medium · 54%	43 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	500	15
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkubeshop%2Ftracetest%2Fexamples%2Fobservability-driven-development-go-tracetest%2Fbookstore%2Fpart3.1%2Flib&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,361	1,329
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	19
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	1
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	ISC
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%

Tracetest43 / 100low · 38%

Pricing

Free tier

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

Model

SigNozfreemium

Tracetestcommercial

Price level

SigNozlow

Tracetestlow

Transparent

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✗

Integrations

Count

SigNoz500

Tracetest15

Security

Certifications

SigNozSOC 2 Type II

Tracetest–

Hipaa

SigNoz✓

Tracetest–

Soc2

SigNoz✓

Tracetest–

Vulnerabilities

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

TracetestCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkubeshop%2Ftracetest%2Fexamples%2Fobservability-driven-development-go-tracetest%2Fbookstore%2Fpart3.1%2Flib&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

SigNoz✓

Tracetest–

Adoption

Dependent repos

SigNoz0

Tracetest2

Github stars

SigNoz32,361

Tracetest1,329

Package downloads weekly

SigNoz–

Tracetest19

Activity

Commits last 30d

SigNoz100

Tracetest–

Release

Cadence days

SigNoz5

Tracetest1

History

SigNoz20 items

Tracetest20 items

License

Spdx

SigNoz–

TracetestISC

Language

Primary

SigNozTypeScript

TracetestGo

Market

Availability

SigNozAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

TracetestAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

SigNoz7 items

Tracetest7 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	SigNoz	Tracetest
Core
Trace role	SaaS platform	SaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	OTel-native	OTLP ingest
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	None
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	✓	-
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Architecture
Storage backend	Columnar database	Multiple backends: Jaeger, Lightstep, Elastic, Tempo, Zipkin, OpenSearch

Core

Trace role

SigNozSaaS platform

TracetestSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

SigNozOTel-native

TracetestOTLP ingest

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

SigNoz-

Tracetest✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

Service dependency graph

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

SigNoz-

Tracetest-

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

SigNoz-

Tracetest-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

SigNozAgent-based

TracetestNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

SigNoz✓

Tracetest-

Deployment

Hosting

SigNozCloud + self-hosted

TracetestSelf-hosted only

Architecture

Storage backend

SigNozColumnar database

TracetestMultiple backends: Jaeger, Lightstep, Elastic, Tempo, Zipkin, OpenSearch

What each one is

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

SigNoz

Leader

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

Tracetest

A testing platform that automatically generates end-to-end tests by analyzing OpenTelemetry traces from your applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

SigNoz

Leader

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 ↗

Tracetest

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free cloud tier and open-source. Enterprise self-hosted with 1 month free trial.

Cloud-based Managed TracetestFree
Enterprise Self-hosted TracetestContact sales
Hobby Self-hosted Open-source Tracetest CoreFree

as of 2026-09-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

Web

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

CLI

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

Self-hosted

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✓

On-premise

SigNoz✓

Tracetest✗

Integrations

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

In common (2)

OpenTelemetry Collector
OpenTelemetry

SigNoz

Leader

25 total - 23 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
AWS CloudWatch
incident.io
Prometheus

Independently observed

Tracetest

16 total - 14 not shared

k6
Cypress
Playwright
Postman
Artillery
GitHub
Jaeger
Lightstep
Elastic
Zipkin
Kafka
Tempo
SignalOz
Dash0

Independently observed

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