# OpenTelemetry

> The open standard for telemetry

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/opentelemetry
- **Category:** Distributed Tracing Tools
- **Homepage:** https://opentelemetry.io
- **Also known as:** opentelemetry
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T16:07:16.322Z

## Vioscale score

**71.3 / 100**, confidence 37% (low).

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

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| reliability | 50 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| docs_quality | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | - |
| github_stars | 72.9 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| integrations | 13.7 | 0.08 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 59.6 | 0.16 | 9.5 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 92.8 | 0.1 | 9.3 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 100 | 0.16 | 16 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.4 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://opentelemetry.io). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

## About

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

- **Platforms:** iOS, Web, Android
- **Deployment:** Hybrid, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- Jaeger
- Prometheus

## Capabilities

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

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Trace role | SaaS platform |
| **Standards** | |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTel-native |
| **Query** | |
| Trace search / filter by attributes | - |
| Service dependency graph | - |
| **Sampling** | |
| Tail-based / dynamic sampling | ✓ |
| **Query** | |
| High-cardinality attribute exploration | - |
| **Standards** | |
| Multi-protocol (Jaeger + Zipkin + OTLP) | ✓ |
| **Instrumentation** | |
| Auto-instrumentation | Agent-based |
| **Correlation** | |
| Correlate traces with metrics/logs | ✓ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only |
| **Architecture** | |
| Storage backend | - |

## Facts

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

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 72 | [link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 7,323 | [link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 110,828,681 | [link](https://pypistats.org/packages/opentelemetry-api) | 2026-07-31 | 60% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Go | [link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector) | 2026-08-01 | 95% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-01 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io) | 2026-07-31 | 60% (medium) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 13 | [link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://opentelemetry.io/status) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

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