Comparison

Tracetest vs Uptrace

On the evidence we track, Uptrace leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Tracetest43

★Uptrace57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Tracetest	UptraceLeader
vioscaleAI score	43 / 100low · 38%	57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$0.03
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	10
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuptrace%2Fuptrace&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	1,329	4,303
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	19	1,716
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	5
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	1	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	ISC	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Tracetest43 / 100low · 38%

Uptrace57 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Model

Tracetestcommercial

Uptracefreemium

Price level

Tracetestlow

Uptracelow

Starting price

Tracetest–

Uptrace$0.03

Transparent

Tracetest✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

Tracetest15

Uptrace10

Security

Gdpr

Tracetest–

Uptrace✓

Soc2

Tracetest–

Uptrace✓

Vulnerabilities

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

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

Reliability

Sla pct

Tracetest–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

Tracetest–

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Tracetest2

Uptrace0

Github stars

Tracetest1,329

Uptrace4,303

Package downloads weekly

Tracetest19

Uptrace1,716

Activity

Commits last 30d

Tracetest–

Uptrace5

Release

Cadence days

Tracetest1

Uptrace11

History

Tracetest20 items

Uptrace20 items

License

Spdx

TracetestISC

UptraceAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

TracetestGo

UptraceGo

Market

Availability

TracetestAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

UptraceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Tracetest7 items

Uptrace8 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	Tracetest	Uptrace
Core
Trace role	SaaS platform	SaaS platform
Standards
OpenTelemetry support	OTLP ingest	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	None	None
Correlation
Correlate traces with metrics/logs	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Architecture
Storage backend	Multiple backends: Jaeger, Lightstep, Elastic, Tempo, Zipkin, OpenSearch	ClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

Core

Trace role

TracetestSaaS platform

UptraceSaaS platform

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

TracetestOTLP ingest

UptraceOTel-native

Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Query

Trace search / filter by attributes

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Service dependency graph

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

High-cardinality attribute exploration

Tracetest-

Uptrace✓

Sampling

Tail-based / dynamic sampling

Tracetest-

Uptrace-

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

TracetestNone

UptraceNone

Correlation

Correlate traces with metrics/logs

Tracetest-

Uptrace✓

Deployment

Hosting

TracetestSelf-hosted only

UptraceCloud + self-hosted

Architecture

Storage backend

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

UptraceClickHouse with PostgreSQL for metadata

What each one is

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

Tracetest

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

Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader

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.

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 ↗

Uptrace

Leader

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

Platforms

Web

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

CLI

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

Tracetest✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Tempo
OpenTelemetry

Tracetest

16 total - 14 not shared

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

Independently observed

Uptrace

Leader

17 total - 15 not shared

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

Independently observed

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Tracetest or Uptrace: which one depends on you

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