# SigNoz vs Zipkin

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SigNoz

| Attribute | SigNoz | Zipkin |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.9 (54% (medium)) | 45.5 (37% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 1,426 |
| adoption.github_stars | 32,361 | 17,464 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What is SigNoz?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SigNoz offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Open Source and Cloud. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Is SigNoz free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to SigNoz. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What platforms does SigNoz support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SigNoz can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Can SigNoz be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 16 integrations for SigNoz, including Apache, HAProxy, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Open WebUI, DSPy, HCP Vault and OpenTelemetry eBPF, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"What does SigNoz integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for SigNoz. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SigNoz not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://signoz.io","question":"What security certifications does SigNoz have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"SigNoz is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","question":"Where is SigNoz available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"Collects timing and dependency data from instrumented applications to troubleshoot latency issues. Provides a web interface for querying traces by service, operation, tags, or duration, and displays how requests flow through the service architecture. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.","source":"https://zipkin.io","question":"What is Zipkin?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zipkin is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://zipkin.io","question":"Is Zipkin free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zipkin supports the web, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://zipkin.io","question":"What platforms does Zipkin support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Zipkin can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://zipkin.io","question":"Can Zipkin be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Zipkin, including HTTP, Kafka, Apache ActiveMQ, gRPC, RabbitMQ, Apache Pulsar, Elasticsearch and Apache Cassandra, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://zipkin.io","question":"What does Zipkin integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Zipkin is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin","question":"Is Zipkin open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Zipkin captures detailed request tracking data from distributed systems, stores it using various backends, and provides a UI for searching traces by service, operation, and duration, along with visualization of service dependency diagrams. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"storage_backend":"Columnar database","metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` | `{"hosting":"self","trace_role":"backend","service_map":true,"trace_search":true,"multi_protocol":true,"storage_backend":"In-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch","auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 500 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache"},{"name":"HAProxy"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Open WebUI"},{"name":"DSPy"},{"name":"HCP Vault"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry eBPF"},{"name":"Langflow"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"PgBouncer"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"MS Teams"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry Collector"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"incident.io","native":true,"category":"incident management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache ActiveMQ"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Apache Pulsar"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Apache Cassandra"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Brave"},{"name":"Apache Kafka","category":"messaging","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"SigNoz Cloud","summary":"From $49/month, usage-based pricing with 30-day free trial","features":["logs","metrics","traces","alerts","dashboards","exceptions","infrastructure monitoring"],"description":"Fully managed cloud deployment","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Cloud","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","data residency","region selection","support"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"BYOC","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","data residency"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Self-Hosted","features":["SOC 2 Type II","HIPAA compliance","RBAC","ingestion controls","custom retention","support"],"contactSales":true},{"free":true,"name":"Open-Source Self-Hosted","description":"Community edition, fully open-source","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based cloud pricing from $49/month with 30-day free trial; free open-source self-hosted option.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:22:58.436Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://zipkin.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:27:18.245Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | 15 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.zipkin.java%3Azipkin-autoconfigure-ui&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | SigNoz | Zipkin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | SaaS platform | Trace backend / store |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | 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 | Self-hosted only |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | Columnar database | In-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:59:33.144Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*