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Best AWS X-Ray Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from distributed tracing tools ranked against AWS X-Ray on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.7
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  2. 2
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.7
    AWS X-Ray vs Uptrace
  3. 3
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs Apache SkyWalking
  4. 5
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs Honeycomb
  5. 6
    Hubble Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs Hubble
  6. 7
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs Jaeger
  7. 8
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs SigNoz
  8. 9
    Tracetest Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracetest
  9. 10
    Pinpoint Free plan self-hostedWebWin Free6.5
    AWS X-Ray vs Pinpoint
  10. 11
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    AWS X-Ray vs VictoriaLogs
  11. 12
    Grafana Cloud Traces Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Traces
  12. 13
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana k6
  13. 14
    OpenZipkin Free plan self-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs OpenZipkin
  14. 15
    Pixie Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Pixie
  15. 16
    Tracekit Free plan apiWeb $24/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracekit
  16. 17
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.7
    AWS X-Ray vs Elastic Observability
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management Web 5.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
  18. 19
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free5.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Oracle Log Analytics
  19. 20
    AppSignal Web 5.2
    AWS X-Ray vs AppSignal
  20. 21
    DataBuff Web 5.2
    AWS X-Ray vs DataBuff

AWS X-Ray alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.7Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Uptrace6.7Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Apache SkyWalking6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Honeycomb6.6Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
6Hubble6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Jaeger6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8SigNoz6.6Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9Tracetest6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Pinpoint6.5Free planFreeself-hosted, Web, Windows
11VictoriaLogs6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Grafana Cloud Traces6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
13Grafana k66.4Free plan$19/moLinux
14OpenZipkin6.4Free planFreeself-hosted, Web
15Pixie6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
16Tracekit6.4Free plan$24/moAPI, Web
17Elastic Observability5.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management5.4No—Web
19Oracle Log Analytics5.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
20AppSignal5.2No—Web
21DataBuff5.2No—Web
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Questions about AWS X-Ray alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS X-Ray?

Grafana Cloud Application Observability, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Uptrace, Apache SkyWalking, Honeycomb and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to AWS X-Ray?

Grafana Cloud Application Observability is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.