Jaeger

7.1easy start · #12 of 33
in Application Performance Monitoring

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Jaeger is ranked #12 of 33 in application performance monitoring on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Jaeger Free 100% open source · self-hosted deployment · storage capacity and scale depend on chosen infrastructure jaegertracing.io · 3 Oct 2026

Compared on application performance monitoring

Free plan: Yes
Distributed tracing: Yes
Transaction tracing: Yes
Dependency mapping: Yes
Real user monitoring: No
Deployment model: self_hosted

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The record

Purpose: Jaeger is an open-source distributed tracing platform for monitoring and troubleshooting workflows in complex distributed systems.
Troubleshooting: Jaeger helps identify performance bottlenecks, track root causes, and analyze service dependencies.
Open source: The project describes Jaeger as 100% open source and cloud native.
Tracing protocol: Jaeger can receive trace data using the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP).
Zipkin compatibility: Jaeger accepts Zipkin spans over HTTP in Thrift, JSON v1/v2, and Protobuf formats.
Storage integrations: Primary supported distributed storage backends are Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and OpenSearch; ClickHouse is experimental behind a feature gate.
Sampling: Jaeger supports head-based sampling with centralized remote configuration, including static or adaptive configuration, and tail-based sampling.
Service graphs: The UI supports System Architecture and Deep Dependency Graph service graphs.
Performance monitoring: Service Performance Monitoring computes aggregate metrics from traces and visualizes them as time-series charts.
Security: Jaeger documents TLS and mutual TLS support for several component connections, plus bearer-token authentication between browser and UI.
Artifact verification: The download page says binary releases include SHA-256 checksum files and cryptographic signatures.
Deployment: Jaeger v2 is available as executable binaries and container images, and the all-in-one setup runs collector and query components in one process with transient in-memory storage.
Supported desktop platforms: The download page lists binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Notable lifecycle limit: Jaeger v1 reached end of life on December 31, 2025 and no longer receives updates.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Application Performance Monitoring in 2026#12 of 33
Best Distributed Tracing Tools in 2026#15 of 29

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Sources

jaegertracing.io· checked 3 Oct 2026
jaegertracing.io/docs/2.21/features/· checked 3 Oct 2026
jaegertracing.io/docs/2.21/storage/· checked 3 Oct 2026
jaegertracing.io/docs/2.21/deployment/security/· checked 3 Oct 2026
jaegertracing.io/download/· checked 3 Oct 2026
jaegertracing.io/get-in-touch/· checked 3 Oct 2026