Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform for traces, metrics, and logs. Users can query spans and logs with UQL and analyze metrics through a PromQL-compatible engine. Dashboards can combine spans, events, logs, and metrics, configured in the interface or YAML. Metric and error monitors can send notifications through email, Slack, PagerDuty, and other channels. Uptrace lists Grafana integration as a Prometheus and Tempo data source, as well as a built-in MCP server for AI assistants. It offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, with self-hosted installation options including Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Precompiled binaries are listed for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Uptrace Cloud keeps data for four weeks by default, with cold storage options for up to 100 weeks. The Cloud free plan includes 50 GB per month and 5,000 timeseries per month; paid plans start at 39.00 USD per month. The privacy policy says data in transit and database backups are encrypted, while most live database data is not encrypted at rest. Cloud data centers are in Germany, with redundant backups in Finland.

Who it is for

Uptrace suits individuals, side projects, and production teams looking to collect and analyze OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs. Self-hosting may suit organizations that want telemetry to stay within their own infrastructure.

What is good

Unifies traces, metrics, and logs.
Supports UQL and a PromQL-compatible metrics engine.
Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment options.
Free Cloud plan includes 50 GB per month.
Self-hosted deployments keep telemetry within customer infrastructure.

What to know first

Most live database data is not encrypted at rest.
Cloud data retention defaults to four weeks.
Starter costs 39.00 USD per month.
Cloud data centers and backups are in Germany and Finland.

Verdict

Uptrace offers flexible analysis and deployment options for OpenTelemetry data, from a free Cloud plan to self-hosted editions. Consider the stated retention and encryption details when evaluating where to store telemetry.

Uptrace plans and pricing

All plans

Uptrace Cloud Free 50 GB free/mo; then $0.075/GB; unlimited users, services, and hosts 50 GB free/mo · 5,000 timeseries/mo · 28-day default retention uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Community Free $0 /forever Unlimited usage · 14 days data retention · basic alerting · community support uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Starter $39/mo $39 /per month Up to 50 GB/day · custom data retention · two-factor auth · email support uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Team $199/mo $199 /per month Up to 200 GB/day · RBAC · alert routing · faster support uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Business $499/mo $499 /per month Up to 500 GB/day · SSO (OIDC / SAML) · priority support uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Custom Custom usage · Kafka and scaling · audit logs · dedicated support uptrace.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on container monitoring

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $39/mo
Distributed tracing: Yes
Transaction tracing: Yes
Dependency mapping: Yes
Real user monitoring: Yes
Log correlation: Yes
Deployment model: hybrid

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The record

Product

Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform that unifies traces, metrics, and logs.

Analysis

It supports UQL for querying spans and logs and a PromQL-compatible engine for metrics.

Dashboards

Users can build custom dashboards from spans, events, logs, and metrics through the UI or YAML.

Alerting

Users can create metric and error monitors with notifications through email, Slack, PagerDuty, and more.

Integrations

The features page lists Grafana integration as a Prometheus and Tempo data source and a built-in MCP server for AI assistants.

Deployment

Self-hosted installation options include Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes, and Linux packages are available for amd64 and arm64.

Supported binaries

The installation page lists precompiled binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Retention

Uptrace Cloud keeps data for 4 weeks by default, with cold storage options for up to 100 weeks.

Privacy and security

The privacy policy says data is encrypted in transit via SSL/TLS and database backups are encrypted, while most live database data is not encrypted at rest.

Data residency

The pricing FAQ says Uptrace Cloud runs in Hetzner data centers in Germany with redundant backups in Finland.

On-premises

The pricing FAQ says on-premises deployments keep telemetry within the customer's infrastructure and list SOC 2 certification on request.

Support

The pricing page says support is available by email or scheduled call and typically responds within a few hours.

Intended users

The self-hosted editions page describes Community as for individuals, Starter as suitable for side projects, Team as a production default, and Business for reliability and compliance.

Price from

$39/mo