Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Zipkin
Zipkin 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 | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | SigNoz | 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 |
Zipkin
usage based
custom
open source
| Feature | signoz | zipkin |
|---|---|---|
| Access To All Features | ||
| Apache 2.0 License | ||
| Add Unlimited Teammates | ||
| Community Maintained | ||
| Bring Your Own Cloud | ||
| Self-Hostable | ||
| Data Centers Available In The Us, Eu & India | ||
| Dedicated Environment On Signoz Cloud | ||
| Dedicated Slack, Email & In-Product Support | ||
| Guided Migration Support | ||
| Hipaa, Baa Agreement And Other Certifications | ||
| Install & Manage Yourself | ||
| Monitor Any Number Of Hosts | ||
| Ongoing Professional Services | ||
| Self-Host With Support Contract | ||
| Send Any Mix Of Logs, Traces & Metrics | ||
| Sla W/ Downtime Developer Pairing | ||
| Soc2 Type Ii & Hipaa Compliant | ||
| Support Via In-Product Chat, Email, And Slack | ||
| Team Training | ||
| Usage Worth $49 | ||
| Volume Discounts & Annual Contracts |
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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, Zipkin comes out ahead overall, though SigNoz can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both SigNoz and Zipkin offer a free tier.
Zipkin scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
