Best Grafana Tempo Alternatives in 2026

Updated October 2026

20 apps from distributed tracing tools ranked against Grafana Tempo on the same published basis.

1
AWS X-Ray Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.6
Grafana Tempo vs AWS X-Ray
2
Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.6
Grafana Tempo vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
3
Tracetest Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
Grafana Tempo vs Tracetest
4
Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.6
Grafana Tempo vs Uptrace
5
Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Apache SkyWalking
6
Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Honeycomb
7
Hubble Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Hubble
8
Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Jaeger
9
Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Oracle Log Analytics
10
Pinpoint Free plan self-hostedWebWin Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Pinpoint
11
Sentry Performance Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb Free6.5
Grafana Tempo vs Sentry Performance
12
SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.5
Grafana Tempo vs SigNoz
13
Grafana Cloud Traces Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
Grafana Tempo vs Grafana Cloud Traces
14
Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.4
Grafana Tempo vs Grafana k6
15
Pixie Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
Grafana Tempo vs Pixie
16
Tracekit Free plan apiWeb $24/mo6.4
Grafana Tempo vs Tracekit
17
VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
Grafana Tempo vs VictoriaLogs
18
AppSignal Free plan apiWeb $23.25/mo6.3
Grafana Tempo vs AppSignal
19
Baselime Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
Grafana Tempo vs Baselime
20
OpenZipkin Free plan self-hostedWeb Free6.3
Grafana Tempo vs OpenZipkin

Grafana Tempo alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	AWS X-Ray	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2	Grafana Cloud Application Observability	6.6	Free plan	$0.03/mo	Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3	Tracetest	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4	Uptrace	6.6	Free plan	$39/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5	Apache SkyWalking	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6	Honeycomb	6.5	Free plan	$150/mo	Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
7	Hubble	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8	Jaeger	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9	Oracle Log Analytics	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Web, Windows
10	Pinpoint	6.5	Free plan	Free	self-hosted, Web, Windows
11	Sentry Performance	6.5	Free plan	Free	Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12	SigNoz	6.5	Free plan	$19/mo	Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
13	Grafana Cloud Traces	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Web
14	Grafana k6	6.4	Free plan	$19/mo	Linux
15	Pixie	6.4	Free plan	Free	Linux, self-hosted, Web
16	Tracekit	6.4	Free plan	$24/mo	API, Web
17	VictoriaLogs	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18	AppSignal	6.3	Free plan	$23.25/mo	API, Web
19	Baselime	6.3	Free plan	Free	API, Web
20	OpenZipkin	6.3	Free plan	Free	self-hosted, Web

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Questions about Grafana Tempo alternatives

What is the best alternative to Grafana Tempo?

AWS X-Ray, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Grafana Cloud Application Observability, Tracetest, Uptrace and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Grafana Tempo?

AWS X-Ray is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 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.