Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Grafana Tempo
Grafana Tempo clearly comes out ahead of SigNoz on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. SigNoz's paid plans start at $49/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Grafana Labs | SigNoz |
| 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 |
Grafana Tempo
open source
freemium
usage based
custom
usage based
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| Feature | grafana-tempo | signoz |
|---|---|---|
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| Access To All Features | ||
| 14-Day Retention | ||
| Add Unlimited Teammates | ||
| 3 Active Users | ||
| Bring Your Own Cloud | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Data Centers Available In The Us, Eu & India | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Dedicated Environment On Signoz Cloud | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Dedicated Slack, Email & In-Product Support | ||
| 99.5% Uptime Sla | ||
| Guided Migration Support | ||
| Advanced Security Features (Saml, Ldap) | ||
| Hipaa, Baa Agreement And Other Certifications | ||
| Compatible With Jaeger, Zipkin, And Opentelemetry | ||
| Install & Manage Yourself | ||
| Compliance Adherence (E.G., Federal Cloud) | ||
| Monitor Any Number Of Hosts | ||
| Custom Retention | ||
| Ongoing Professional Services | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Self-Host With Support Contract | ||
| Deep Integration With Grafana, Prometheus, And Loki | ||
| Send Any Mix Of Logs, Traces & Metrics | ||
| High-Scale Distributed Tracing Backend | ||
| Sla W/ Downtime Developer Pairing | ||
| Object Storage Dependency | ||
| Soc2 Type Ii & Hipaa Compliant |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Grafana Tempo comes out ahead overall, though SigNoz can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Grafana Tempo and SigNoz offer a free tier.
Grafana Tempo scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
