# Honeycomb vs SigNoz

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Honeycomb

| Attribute | Honeycomb | SigNoz |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62.8 (49% (low)) | 56.6 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 31,930 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud observability platform that enables engineering teams to trace distributed services, debug AI agent workflows, and investigate production issues across multiple services and LLM calls in real time. Includes metrics, alerting, SLOs, and AI-assisted debugging capabilities. | 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","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"tail_sampling":false,"multi_protocol":true,"high_cardinality":true,"metrics_correlation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Anthropic Claude"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"AWS PrivateLink"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Zipkin"},{"name":"OTLP"}]` | `[{"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 | - | TypeScript |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever, up to 20M events/month","features":["Distributed Tracing","2 Triggers","BubbleUp","OpenTelemetry Support","Team Query History","Query Result Permalinks","Honeycomb Metrics","Canvas AI Copilot","Honeycomb MCP","Agent Timeline"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Testing and individual projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"20M/month","metrics_data_points":"100M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Starting at $150/month, flexible event volume","features":["All Free features","100 Triggers","2 Service Level Objectives (SLOs)","Single-Sign On (SSO)","Honeycomb Support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":150,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Teams with production applications","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"750M/month","metrics_data_points":"3.75B/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom volume discounts, enterprise support","features":["All Pro features","300+ Triggers","100+ Service Level Objectives (SLOs)","Service Map","Enterprise Support for Refinery","Enterprise-Grade Support + Onboarding","Query Data API","AWS PrivateLink","SLO Reporting API","Honeycomb Private Cloud support"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Multi-team and large-scale applications","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"events":"Variable","metrics_data_points":"Variable"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Frontend performance analysis"},{"name":"Enterprise-grade alerting"},{"name":"Installation and enablement services"}],"summary":"From $150/month (Pro). Unlimited seats and queries. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.honeycomb.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:29:52.948Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"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 | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 4 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.139.0","date":"2026-08-26T06:42:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.139.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.138.0","date":"2026-08-19T06:39:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.138.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.137.1","date":"2026-08-14T19:40:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.137.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.137.0","date":"2026-08-12T08:57:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.137.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.136.1","date":"2026-08-05T19:38:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.136.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.136.0","date":"2026-08-05T07:28:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.136.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.135.1","date":"2026-07-31T07:39:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.135.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.135.0","date":"2026-07-29T17:04:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.135.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.134.0","date":"2026-07-22T13:23:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.134.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.133.0","date":"2026-07-15T06:34:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.133.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.132.2","date":"2026-07-10T13:11:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.132.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.132.1","date":"2026-07-09T20:55:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.132.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.132.0","date":"2026-07-08T07:22:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.132.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.131.1","date":"2026-07-02T06:30:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.131.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.132.0-rc.2","date":"2026-07-01T16:48:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.132.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.132.0-rc.1","date":"2026-07-01T12:51:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.132.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.131.0","date":"2026-07-01T06:52:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.131.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.130.1","date":"2026-06-24T06:47:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.130.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.130.0","date":"2026-06-23T20:35:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.130.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/tag/v0.129.0","date":"2026-06-18T07:15:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.129.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| 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}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | Honeycomb | SigNoz |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | Trace backend / store | SaaS platform |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTel-native | 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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:33:55.765Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*