# Grafana Tempo vs SigNoz

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Grafana Tempo

| Attribute | Grafana Tempo | SigNoz |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62.9 (60% (medium)) | 56.6 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 87 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 73 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,455 | 31,930 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Grafana Tempo is an open-source distributed tracing backend designed for high-scale trace collection using only object storage, integrating with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki. It supports industry-standard tracing protocols and eliminates the need for expensive database infrastructure. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","trace_role":"backend","otel_support":"ingest","multi_protocol":true,"storage_backend":"object storage"}` | `{"hosting":"both","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Loki"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Zipkin"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"OpenCensus"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Grafana Tempo open source (AGPLv3)","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Grafana Cloud Pro","features":["Platform fee includes limited trace retention and usage","30 days retention for traces","8x5 email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Grafana Cloud Enterprise","features":["Custom retention","Premium support","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Open source (free). Grafana Cloud integration from $19/month or $25k/year enterprise.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T14:57:40.524Z","startingPrice":{"amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Self-hosted open-source version with full feature set","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud","description":"Cloud-hosted platform with usage-based pricing","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source self-hosted version; cloud plans usage-based with 30-day free trial","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://signoz.io/blog/datadog-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:27:36.293Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | 4 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7.4 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgrafana%2Ftempo&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"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}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | Grafana Tempo | SigNoz |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | Trace backend / store | 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 | - | Agent-based |
| **Correlation** |  |  |
| Correlate traces with metrics/logs | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | object storage | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:29:03.270Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*