# Tracetest vs Zipkin

| Attribute | Tracetest | Zipkin |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 41.3 (36% (low)) | 43 (38% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2 | 1,426 |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,328 | 17,453 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 19 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Collects timing and dependency data from instrumented applications to troubleshoot latency issues. Provides a web interface for querying traces by service, operation, tags, or duration, and displays how requests flow through the service architecture. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","trace_role":"platform","service_map":true,"otel_support":"ingest","trace_search":true,"multi_protocol":true,"storage_backend":"Multiple backends: Jaeger, Lightstep, Elastic, Tempo, Zipkin, OpenSearch","auto_instrumentation":"none"}` | `{"hosting":"self","trace_role":"backend","service_map":true,"trace_search":true,"multi_protocol":true,"storage_backend":"In-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch","auto_instrumentation":"agent"}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"k6"},{"name":"Cypress"},{"name":"Playwright"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Artillery"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Lightstep"},{"name":"Elastic"},{"name":"Zipkin"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry Collector"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Tempo"},{"name":"SignalOz"},{"name":"Dash0"}]` | `[{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache ActiveMQ"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Apache Pulsar"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Apache Cassandra"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Brave"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Java |
| license.spdx | ISC | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source with optional paid cloud hosting","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://tracetest.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:35:12.948Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://zipkin.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:27:18.245Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 15 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.2 |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.zipkin.java%3Azipkin-autoconfigure-ui&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Distributed Tracing Tools)

| Capability | Tracetest | Zipkin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Trace role | SaaS platform | Trace backend / store |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTLP ingest | - |
| 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 | Agent-based |
| **Correlation** |  |  |
| Correlate traces with metrics/logs | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Self-hosted only |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage backend | Multiple backends: Jaeger, Lightstep, Elastic, Tempo, Zipkin, OpenSearch | In-memory, Apache Cassandra, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:17:02.531Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*