Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is AWS X-Ray?
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.
AWS X-Ray pricing
We don't have AWS X-Ray's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What AWS X-Ray does
The capabilities that matter for distributed tracing tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Trace role
- Trace backend / store
- OpenTelemetry support
- -
- Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
- -
- Trace search / filter by attributes
- ✓
- Service dependency graph
- ✓
- High-cardinality attribute exploration
- -
- Tail-based / dynamic sampling
- -
- Auto-instrumentation
- Agent-based
- Correlate traces with metrics/logs
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- Storage backend
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
AWS X-Ray FAQ
Common questions about AWS X-Ray, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is AWS X-Ray?
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. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/xray/
Is AWS X-Ray free?
AWS X-Ray offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/xray/
What platforms does AWS X-Ray support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to AWS X-Ray. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/xray/
Can AWS X-Ray be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS X-Ray, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://aws.amazon.com/xray/
What security certifications does AWS X-Ray have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AWS X-Ray. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS X-Ray not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is AWS X-Ray available?
AWS X-Ray is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
AWS X-Ray alternatives
Other distributed tracing tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- OpenTelemetryAn open source framework providing standardized APIs and tools for instrumenting cloud-native applications to generate observability datalow · 48%
- Grafana TempoA cost-effective distributed tracing backend that scales with minimal infrastructure complexitymedium · 53%
- UptraceAn observability platform providing unified traces, metrics, and logs with predictable, usage-based pricing instead of complex enterprise licensingmedium · 60%
- HoneycombReal-time observability platform for debugging production systems and monitoring AI workloadsmedium · 73%
- SigNozObservability platform unifying traces, metrics, and logs with OpenTelemetry-native designmedium · 55%
- Jaegerlow · 38%
Compare AWS X-Ray
Side by side against other distributed tracing tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for AWS X-Ray, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.12 | 11.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: cloud · Trace role: backend · Service map: Yes · Trace search: Yes · Metrics correlation: Yes · Auto instrumentation: agent | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Security
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