Side-by-side comparison

Cost-efficient tracing backend that stores traces in object storage and queries them with TraceQL.

Vendor-neutral standard, SDKs and Collector for traces, metrics and logs; CNCF graduated in 2026.

CNCF-graduated distributed tracing backend; v2 is rebuilt on top of the OpenTelemetry Collector.

OpenTelemetry-native APM with traces, metrics and logs on ClickHouse; open-source Datadog alternative.