Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Openobserve
OpenObserve clearly comes out ahead of Zipkin on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | OpenObserve | OpenZipkin |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Openobserve
custom
open source
| Feature | openobserve | zipkin |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Reviews | ||
| Apache 2.0 License | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Community Maintained | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Self-Hostable | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| Extended Retention | ||
| Full Observability Stack | ||
| Logs | ||
| Metrics | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Role-Based Access Control (Rbac) | ||
| Rum | ||
| Session Replay | ||
| Sso | ||
| Traces | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, OpenObserve comes out ahead overall, though Zipkin can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both OpenObserve and Zipkin offer a free tier.
