Odigos
Zero-code observability through automatic production instrumentation
- Also known as
- odigos
What is Odigos?
An observability platform that automatically captures execution traces from running applications without requiring code modifications, using kernel-level instrumentation to provide deep visibility across Kubernetes, VMs, and on-premises infrastructure.
Odigos pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open source or custom enterprise pricing. 14-day free enterprise trial.
Open Source
FreeFree and open source Apache 2.0 licensed solution
- Zero-code OpenTelemetry tracing
- Collector sampling actions
- Instrumentation actions
- Kubernetes tracing
- Linux VM and cloud VM tracing
- Linux bare metal tracing
- Go, Java, Python, Node.js support
- Community support
Enterprise
Contact salesProduction-grade platform with premium features
- All Open Source features
- Low-overhead eBPF depth capture
- Multi-cluster distributed tracing
- Multi-cluster administration
- .NET, PHP, Ruby support
- Database extended distributed tracing
- 24/7 premium support
What Odigos 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
- Agent-based
- Correlate traces with metrics/logs
- ✓
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Storage backend
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Datadog→
- New Relic→
- Honeycomb→
- Grafana Cloud→
- SigNoz→
- Jaeger→
- Tempo→
- Loki→
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Odigos FAQ
Common questions about Odigos, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Odigos?
Observability platform providing automatic instrumentation for metrics, traces, and logs across services and infrastructure. Enables end-to-end tracing without code edits or redeploys. It is indexed under Distributed Tracing Tools.
Source: https://odigos.io/
Is Odigos free to use?
Odigos 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://odigos.io/pricing
Is Odigos open source?
Yes. Odigos 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.
Odigos 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%
- AWS X-Raymedium · 63%
- 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%
Compare Odigos
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 Odigos, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 40 | 0.12 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.06 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.07 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 45 | 0.04 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 67 | 0.03 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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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 · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 3 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 72% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Trace role: platform · Service map: Yes · Otel support: native · Trace search: Yes · Metrics correlation: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 20 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 70% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scorecard | 4.5 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | 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 | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
| Soc2 | Yes | lowsource · 2026-09-10 · 48% |
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