# Jaeger vs Odigos

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Jaeger

| Attribute | Jaeger | Odigos |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.2 (38% (low)) | 45.9 (23% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 96 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,141 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 23,144 | 3,676 |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | A backend that collects execution traces from microservice-based applications and provides analysis tools to understand system behavior and diagnose issues. Teams use it to track how requests move through their services and identify where delays or errors occur. | 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":"both","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","trace_search":true,"tail_sampling":true,"storage_backend":"Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory"}` | `{"trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"trace_search":true,"metrics_correlation":true,"auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Badger"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Memory"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.jaegertracing.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:24:51.164Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://odigos.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:25:57.275Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 28 | - |
| release.history | 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| `[{"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"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 7.8 | 4.5 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fjaegertracing%2Fjaeger&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | `{"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 | Jaeger | Odigos |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | SaaS platform | SaaS platform |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | 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 | - |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:08:37.014Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*