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Best AWS X-Ray Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from distributed tracing tools ranked against AWS X-Ray on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo8.0
    AWS X-Ray vs Uptrace
  2. 2
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.8
    AWS X-Ray vs Honeycomb
  3. 3
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.8
    AWS X-Ray vs SigNoz
  4. 4
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.8
    AWS X-Ray vs VictoriaLogs
  5. 5
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Elastic Observability
  6. 6
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  7. 8
    Pinpoint Free plan self-hostedWebWin Free7.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Pinpoint
  8. 9
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    AWS X-Ray vs Apache SkyWalking
  9. 10
    Hubble Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    AWS X-Ray vs Hubble
  10. 11
    Tracekit Free plan apiWeb $24/mo7.2
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracekit
  11. 12
    Grafana Cloud Traces Free plan apiWeb Free7.1
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Traces
  12. 13
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo7.1
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana k6
  13. 14
    Tracetest Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracetest
  14. 15
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    AWS X-Ray vs Jaeger
  15. 16
    OpenZipkin Free plan self-hostedWeb Free7.0
    AWS X-Ray vs OpenZipkin
  16. 17
    Pixie Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.8
    AWS X-Ray vs Pixie
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management Web 6.5
    AWS X-Ray vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
  18. 19
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free6.0
    AWS X-Ray vs Oracle Log Analytics
  19. 20
    Grafana Tempo Linux 5.9
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Tempo
  20. 21
    Sentry Performance Web 5.9
    AWS X-Ray vs Sentry Performance

AWS X-Ray alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Uptrace8.0Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Honeycomb7.8Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
3SigNoz7.8Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
4VictoriaLogs7.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Elastic Observability7.4No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
8Pinpoint7.3Free planFreeself-hosted, Web, Windows
9Apache SkyWalking7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Hubble7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Tracekit7.2Free plan$24/moAPI, Web
12Grafana Cloud Traces7.1Free planFreeAPI, Web
13Grafana k67.1Free plan$19/moLinux
14Tracetest7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Jaeger7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16OpenZipkin7.0Free planFreeself-hosted, Web
17Pixie6.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
18Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management6.5No—Web
19Oracle Log Analytics6.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
20Grafana Tempo5.9No—Linux
21Sentry Performance5.9No—Web
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Questions about AWS X-Ray alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS X-Ray?

Uptrace, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Honeycomb, SigNoz, VictoriaLogs and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to AWS X-Ray?

Uptrace 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 on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.