Tracetest

7.1easy start · #12 of 29
in Distributed Tracing Tools

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

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

Tracetest is ranked #12 of 29 in distributed tracing tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Tracetest Open Source Free Open-source version remains available; commercial Cloud and Enterprise support has ended tracetest.io · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on distributed tracing tools

Free plan: Yes
OpenTelemetry support: Yes
Service map: Yes
Deployment model: self_hosted

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The record

What it does: Tracetest is an open-source trace-based testing tool for integration and end-to-end tests using OpenTelemetry traces.
Trace assertions: Tests can assert on responses, trace data, span timing, and distributed system side effects.
Test triggers: The product page lists existing Cypress, k6, Playwright, and Postman tests, as well as HTTP, gRPC, and Kafka triggers.
Trace analysis: Tracetest renders traces and can flag instrumentation issues, missing attributes, naming conventions, and possible sensitive data exposure.
CI/CD: Tests can run through the Tracetest CLI in CI/CD pipelines and use YAML definitions suitable for source control.
Synthetic monitoring: The features page says tests and test suites can run as synthetic monitors on a defined schedule and send alerts through webhooks.
Integrations: The integrations page lists tools including Datadog, Grafana Tempo, Jaeger, Honeycomb, Cypress, Playwright, GitHub Actions, and k6.
Deployment: The documentation describes Tracetest Core as deployable as a Docker container for local environments and says it is not suitable for production.
Target users: The documentation says users are typically developers or QA engineers building microservice distributed systems, including with Go, Rust, Node.js, and Python.
Support: The support page directs users to documentation and Slack and offers a meeting with founder Ken Hamric to help them get started.
Commercial availability: Kubeshop announced on October 31, 2024 that it was discontinuing Tracetest’s commercial Cloud and Enterprise offerings while the open-source version would remain available.
Maker: Kubeshop identifies Tracetest as one of its open-source projects.
Purpose: Tracetest uses OpenTelemetry and distributed traces for testing and synthetic monitoring.
Existing tests: It can work with existing Cypress, Playwright, k6, Postman, and other tests.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Distributed Tracing Tools in 2026#12 of 29

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Sources

docs.tracetest.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io/features· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io/integrations· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io/support· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io/blog/end-of-life-announcement-for-trace· checked 4 Oct 2026
kubeshop.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
tracetest.io/download· checked 4 Oct 2026