Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Grafana Tempo and OpenObserve score closely across Staquest's six weighted dimensions, with no decisive overall winner. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | OpenObserve |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Development | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | grafana-tempo | openobserve |
|---|---|---|
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| Architecture Reviews | ||
| 14-Day Retention | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 3 Active Users | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Extended Retention | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Full Observability Stack | ||
| 99.5% Uptime Sla | ||
| Logs | ||
| Advanced Security Features (Saml, Ldap) | ||
| Metrics | ||
| Compatible With Jaeger, Zipkin, And Opentelemetry | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Compliance Adherence (E.G., Federal Cloud) | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Custom Retention | ||
| Role-Based Access Control (Rbac) | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Rum | ||
| Deep Integration With Grafana, Prometheus, And Loki | ||
| Session Replay | ||
| High-Scale Distributed Tracing Backend | ||
| Sso | ||
| Object Storage Dependency | ||
| Traces |
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Both Grafana Tempo and OpenObserve offer a free tier.
