Jaeger
Open-source distributed tracing backend for monitoring and troubleshooting microservice applications
- Vendor
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- Also known as
- jaeger
What is Jaeger?
Jaeger is an open-source tracing platform that processes and analyzes telemetry data from distributed systems, helping teams identify performance issues, diagnose root causes, and understand service dependencies. It provides search, visualization, and aggregation of traces across complex application architectures.
Jaeger pricing
We don't have Jaeger'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 Jaeger 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
- SaaS platform
- OpenTelemetry support
- OTel-native
- Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP)
- -
- Trace search / filter by attributes
- ✓
- Service dependency graph
- ✓
- High-cardinality attribute exploration
- -
- Tail-based / dynamic sampling
- ✓
- Auto-instrumentation
- -
- Correlate traces with metrics/logs
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Storage backend
- Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, Badger, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffer), memory
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Elasticsearch
- OpenSearch
- Cassandra
- ClickHouse
- Badger
- Kafka
- Memory
- OpenTelemetry←•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 2 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity MODERATE sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Jaeger FAQ
Common questions about Jaeger, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Jaeger?
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. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.
Source: https://www.jaegertracing.io
Is Jaeger free to use?
Jaeger is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.jaegertracing.io
What platforms does Jaeger support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Jaeger. 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://www.jaegertracing.io
Can Jaeger be self-hosted?
Yes. Jaeger can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.jaegertracing.io
What does Jaeger integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Jaeger, including Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Badger, Kafka and Memory. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.jaegertracing.io
Is Jaeger open source?
Yes. Jaeger is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Jaeger alternatives
Other distributed tracing tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AWS X-RayUnified monitoring platform for collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces from AWS infrastructure and applicationsmedium · 63%
- OpenTelemetryOpen source framework for collecting and exporting distributed system telemetry without vendor lock-inlow · 46%
- Grafana TempoA scalable distributed tracing backend optimized for cost and operational simplicitymedium · 58%
- HoneycombObservability platform for tracing and debugging distributed systems and AI workflows in productionmedium · 72%
- SigNozUnified observability platform consolidating logs, metrics, and traces on the OpenTelemetry standardmedium · 54%
- UptraceCost-efficient observability platform for application traces, metrics, and logsmedium · 69%
Compare Jaeger
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 Jaeger, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 84 | 0.05 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.06 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 86 | 0.04 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 51 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 82 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.07 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Trace role: platform · Service map: Yes · Otel support: native · Trace search: Yes · Tail sampling: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-12 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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