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Comparison

SigNoz vs Uptrace

No clear leader: SigNoz (57.9) and Uptrace (57.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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SigNoz58
Uptrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
SigNoz58 / 100medium · 54%
Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
SigNoz✓
Uptrace✓
Model
SigNozfreemium
Uptracefreemium
Price level
SigNozlow
Uptracelow
Starting price
SigNoz–
Uptrace$0.03
Transparent
SigNoz✓
Uptrace✓
Integrations
Count
SigNoz500
Uptrace10
Security
Certifications
SigNozSOC 2 Type II
Uptrace–
Gdpr
SigNoz–
Uptrace✓
Hipaa
SigNoz✓
Uptrace–
Soc2
SigNoz✓
Uptrace✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
SigNoz–
Uptrace99.9
Status page
SigNoz✓
Uptrace✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
SigNoz0
Uptrace0
Github stars
SigNoz32,361
Uptrace4,303
Package downloads weekly
SigNoz–
Uptrace1,716
Activity
Commits last 30d
SigNoz100
Uptrace5
Release
Cadence days
SigNoz5
Uptrace11
History
SigNoz20 items
Uptrace20 items
License
Spdx
SigNoz–
UptraceAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
SigNozTypeScript
UptraceGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
SigNoz7 items
Uptrace8 items

Capabilities

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

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
SigNozColumnar database
UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

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

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.

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

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 verify ↗

Uptrace

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

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus

SigNoz

25 total - 21 not shared
  • Apache
  • HAProxy
  • Elasticsearch
  • RabbitMQ
  • Open WebUI
  • DSPy
  • HCP Vault
  • OpenTelemetry eBPF
  • Langflow
  • Cohere
  • Auth0
  • PgBouncer
  • Kubernetes
  • Git
  • Jira
  • Google Chat
  • Opsgenie
  • MS Teams
  • OpenTelemetry Collector
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • incident.io
Independently observed

Uptrace

17 total - 13 not shared
  • Vector
  • FluentBit
  • CloudWatch
  • Grafana
  • GitHub Actions
  • AlertManager
  • WebHook
  • Google Cloud Auth
  • Okta
  • Keycloak
  • Google Cloud
  • Terraform
  • Tempo
Independently observed
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SigNoz or Uptrace: which one depends on you

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