Comparison

SigNoz vs Uptrace

On the evidence we track, Uptrace leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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SigNoz57

★Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SigNoz	UptraceLeader
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 58%	63 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	50	14
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
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%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace%2Fexample%2Fkvrocks&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	31,930	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	3,588
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

SigNoz57 / 100medium · 58%

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Model

SigNozcommercial

Uptracefreemium

Price level

SigNozlow

Uptracelow

Transparent

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

SigNoz50

Uptrace14

Security

Gdpr

SigNoz–

Uptrace✓

Hipaa

SigNoz✓

Uptrace–

Soc2

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

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

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

Reliability

Sla pct

SigNoz–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

SigNoz0

Uptrace0

Github stars

SigNoz31,930

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

SigNoz–

Uptrace3,588

Activity

Commits last 30d

SigNoz100

Uptrace–

Release

Cadence days

SigNoz4

Uptrace11

History

SigNoz20 items

Uptrace20 items

License

Spdx

SigNoz–

UptraceAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

SigNozTypeScript

UptraceGo

Market

Availability

SigNozAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

UptraceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

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	Uptrace
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	None
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	-	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

SigNozSaaS platform

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

SigNozOTel-native

UptraceOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

SigNoz-

Uptrace✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Service dependency graph

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

SigNoz-

Uptrace✓

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

SigNoz-

Uptrace-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

SigNozAgent-based

UptraceNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Hosting

SigNozCloud + self-hosted

UptraceCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

SigNoz-

UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

SigNoz

A monitoring and observability tool that aggregates traces, metrics, logs, and dashboards into one interface. Supports self-hosted deployment or cloud operation, built on the OpenTelemetry standard.

Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader

Full-featured observability backend built on OpenTelemetry standards and ClickHouse. Provides distributed tracing, metrics, and log management with dramatically lower costs than competing platforms through pay-per-gigabyte billing rather than enterprise licensing models.

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

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted version; cloud plans usage-based with 30-day free trial

Open SourceFree
Cloud-

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Uptrace

Leader

from $0.03/moHybridFree tier

Free tier includes 50 GB/month. Usage: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB), $0.025/M datapoints for metrics. Volume discounts automatic. No per-seat fees, unlimited users.

FreeFree
- Full platform access
- 50+ pre-built dashboards
- Service graph
- Alerts and notifications
- Unlimited users, services, and hosts
Pay-as-you-goTraces/logs: $0.10/GB (scales to $0.016/GB). Metrics: $0.025/M datapoints. Hard spending cap available.
- Distributed tracing
- Metrics monitoring
- Log aggregation
- Custom dashboards
- PromQL queries
- +1 more
On-PremisesContact sales
- Full feature parity with cloud
- No feature limits
- Custom retention policies
- Dedicated support engineer
- SOC 2 certification available
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Uptrace
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

SigNoz✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

SigNoz✗

Uptrace✓

Hybrid

SigNoz✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

SigNoz

16 total

Apache
HAProxy
Elasticsearch
RabbitMQ
Open WebUI
DSPy
HCP Vault
OpenTelemetry eBPF
Langflow
Cohere
Auth0
PgBouncer
Kubernetes
Git
Jira
Google Chat

Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader

14 total

OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Vector
FluentBit
CloudWatch
Grafana
GitHub Actions
Slack
PagerDuty
AlertManager
WebHook
Google Cloud Auth
Okta
Keycloak

Independently observed

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