# AWS X-Ray vs Odigos

**Leader by Vioscale score:** AWS X-Ray

| Attribute | AWS X-Ray | Odigos |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.6 (63% (medium)) | 45.9 (23% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 3,676 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | - |
| description.long | Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals is an APM solution providing automatic instrumentation and observability for distributed applications across AWS services with prebuilt dashboards, service mapping, and AI-powered troubleshooting. | Observability platform providing automatic instrumentation for metrics, traces, and logs across services and infrastructure. Enables end-to-end tracing without code edits or redeploys. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","trace_role":"backend","service_map":true,"trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` | `{"trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/xray/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T14:23:37.355Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://odigos.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:25:57.275Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.0-pre7","date":"2026-08-26T11:00:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.36.0-pre7"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.0-pre6","date":"2026-08-25T15:04:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.36.0-pre6"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.0-pre5","date":"2026-08-20T16:30:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.36.0-pre5"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.35.1","date":"2026-08-19T06:09:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.5","date":"2026-08-18T16:01:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v0.0.0-feat.insights.0","date":"2026-08-18T12:24:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.0.0-feat.insights.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v0.0.0-feat.amir-testing.4","date":"2026-08-18T07:02:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.0.0-feat.amir-testing.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.0-pre3","date":"2026-08-17T18:49:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.36.0-pre3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.36.0-pre2","date":"2026-08-17T09:26:39Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.36.0-pre2"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.4","date":"2026-08-18T08:23:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.35.0","date":"2026-08-17T09:06:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.35.0-rc0","date":"2026-08-12T15:07:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.35.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.3","date":"2026-08-12T15:51:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.2","date":"2026-08-12T13:12:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.1","date":"2026-08-09T20:07:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.0","date":"2026-08-09T14:09:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.0-rc1","date":"2026-08-06T10:45:53Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.34.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.0-pre3","date":"2026-08-07T05:38:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.34.0-pre3"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.34.0-rc0","date":"2026-08-06T09:43:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.34.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/odigos-io/odigos/releases/tag/v1.28.12","date":"2026-08-04T11:05:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.12"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.5 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fodigos-io%2Fodigos%2Finstrumentationrules&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | AWS X-Ray | Odigos |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | Trace backend / store | SaaS platform |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | - | - |
| 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 only | - |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:42:15.573Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*