Comparison

Tracetest 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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Tracetest41

★Uptrace63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Tracetest	UptraceLeader
Vioscale score	41 / 100low · 36%updating	63 / 100medium · 63%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	14
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%2Fserver&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	2	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	1,328	4,270
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	19	3,588
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

Score

Vioscale score

Tracetest41 / 100low · 36%updating

Uptrace63 / 100medium · 63%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Model

Tracetestcommercial

Uptracefreemium

Price level

Tracetestfree

Uptracelow

Transparent

Tracetest✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

Count

Tracetest15

Uptrace14

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%2Fserver&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

Tracetest–

Uptrace99.9

Status page

Tracetest–

Uptrace✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Tracetest2

Uptrace0

Github stars

Tracetest1,328

Uptrace4,270

Package downloads weekly

Tracetest19

Uptrace3,588

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

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

An open-source testing platform that leverages OpenTelemetry traces to enable comprehensive integration and end-to-end testing. It integrates with existing test tools and observability solutions to provide deep visibility into application behavior across distributed systems.

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.

Tracetest

Open sourceFree tier

Open source with optional paid cloud hosting

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

Platforms

Web

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

CLI

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Tracetest✗

Uptrace✓

Self-hosted

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

On-premise

Tracetest✓

Uptrace✓

Hybrid

Tracetest✗

Uptrace✓

Integrations

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

Tracetest

15 total

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

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.