Best Hubble Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from distributed tracing tools ranked against Hubble on the same published basis.
- 1Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- 2Hubble vs Uptrace
- 3Hubble vs Apache SkyWalking
- 4Hubble vs AWS X-Ray
- 5Hubble vs Honeycomb
- 7Hubble vs Jaeger
- 8Hubble vs SigNoz
- 9Hubble vs Tracetest
- 10Hubble vs Pinpoint
- 11Hubble vs VictoriaLogs
- 12Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Traces
- 13Hubble vs Grafana k6
- 14Hubble vs OpenZipkin
- 15Hubble vs Pixie
- 16Hubble vs Tracekit
- 17Hubble vs Elastic Observability
- 18Hubble vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
- 19Hubble vs Oracle Log Analytics
- 20Hubble vs AppSignal
- 21Hubble vs DataBuff
Hubble alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.7 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Uptrace | 6.7 | Free plan | $39/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Apache SkyWalking | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | AWS X-Ray | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Honeycomb | 6.6 | Free plan | $150/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 7 | Jaeger | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 8 | SigNoz | 6.6 | Free plan | $19/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | Tracetest | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 10 | Pinpoint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 11 | VictoriaLogs | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 12 | Grafana Cloud Traces | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Web |
| 13 | Grafana k6 | 6.4 | Free plan | $19/mo | Linux |
| 14 | OpenZipkin | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | Pixie | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 16 | Tracekit | 6.4 | Free plan | $24/mo | API, Web |
| 17 | Elastic Observability | 5.7 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 18 | Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management | 5.4 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 19 | Oracle Log Analytics | 5.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Web, Windows |
| 20 | AppSignal | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 21 | DataBuff | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
Make your app an alternative to Hubble
See the priceThe sponsored alternative slot on this page is labelled Sponsored.
Questions about Hubble alternatives
What is the best alternative to Hubble?
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, AWS X-Ray and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Hubble?
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.