# OpenTelemetry Collector

> The open standard for telemetry

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/opentelemetry-collector
- **Category:** Observability Tools
- **Homepage:** https://opentelemetry.io
- **Also known as:** opentelemetry-collector
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T12:45:03.227Z

## Vioscale score

**67 / 100**, confidence 30% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 100 | 8 | 800 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 30 | 1500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 74.7 | 12 | 896.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 16 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 0 | 22 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 12 | 960 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://opentelemetry.io). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

> Open source, free

## About

OpenTelemetry is an open source observability framework for cloud native software that provides APIs, libraries, agents, and collector services to capture distributed traces and metrics from applications.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Observability Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Signals** | |
| Metrics | ✓ |
| Log management | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | ✓ |
| Application performance monitoring | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | - |
| **Response** | |
| Alerting | - |
| On-call / incident management | - |
| **Insight** | |
| Dashboards | - |
| **Standards** | |
| OpenTelemetry-native | ✓ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-03 | 70% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io/status) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/opentelemetry-collector). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*