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Grafana Alerting vs Sematext Tracing
Both stand on distributed tracing tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1
Visit Grafana Alerting Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+5
Sematext Tracing combines OpenTelemetry ingestion, detailed trace investigation, service mapping, and alerting. Teams should consider the one-day retention listing, unavailable tail-based sampling, and usage-based span pricing.
Visit Sematext TracingThe facts
| Grafana Alerting | Sematext Tracing | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | A free trial |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | See the plans | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | grafana.com | sematext.com |
| On distributed tracing tools | #21 of 32 | #25 of 32 |
Grafana Alerting: what it does well
Sematext Tracing: what it does well
- OpenTelemetry support
- Service Map for dependencies
- Searches traces by multiple attributes
- Includes latency percentiles and RED metrics
- 14-day trial without credit card
What to know first
- No free plan
- One-day trace retention listed
- Tail-based sampling is unavailable
- Pricing depends on span volume
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