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Best Hubble Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from distributed tracing tools ranked against Hubble on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo7.9
    Hubble vs Uptrace
  2. 2
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.7
    Hubble vs Honeycomb
  3. 3
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.7
    Hubble vs SigNoz
  4. 4
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.6
    Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  5. 5
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    Hubble vs VictoriaLogs
  6. 6
    AWS X-Ray Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.5
    Hubble vs AWS X-Ray
  7. 7
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.5
    Hubble vs Elastic Observability
  8. 8
    Tracetest Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Hubble vs Tracetest
  9. 9
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Hubble vs Apache SkyWalking
  10. 11
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Hubble vs Jaeger
  11. 12
    Pinpoint Free plan self-hostedWebWin Free7.3
    Hubble vs Pinpoint
  12. 13
    Grafana Cloud Traces Free plan apiWeb Free7.1
    Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Traces
  13. 14
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo7.1
    Hubble vs Grafana k6
  14. 15
    Tracekit Free plan apiWeb $24/mo7.1
    Hubble vs Tracekit
  15. 16
    OpenZipkin Free plan self-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Hubble vs OpenZipkin
  16. 17
    Pixie Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Hubble vs Pixie
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Hubble vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
  18. 19
    Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for OpenTelemetry Web $0.06/mo6.0
    Hubble vs Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for OpenTelemetry
  19. 20
    Grafana Tempo Linux 6.0
    Hubble vs Grafana Tempo
  20. 21
    Oracle Log Analytics Free plan apiLinuxWebWin Free6.0
    Hubble vs Oracle Log Analytics

Hubble alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Uptrace7.9Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Honeycomb7.7Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
3SigNoz7.7Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
4Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.6Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
5VictoriaLogs7.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6AWS X-Ray7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7Elastic Observability7.5No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Tracetest7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Apache SkyWalking7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Jaeger7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Pinpoint7.3Free planFreeself-hosted, Web, Windows
13Grafana Cloud Traces7.1Free planFreeAPI, Web
14Grafana k67.1Free plan$19/moLinux
15Tracekit7.1Free plan$24/moAPI, Web
16OpenZipkin6.9Free planFreeself-hosted, Web
17Pixie6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
18Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for OpenTelemetry6.0No$0.06/moWeb
20Grafana Tempo6.0No—Linux
21Oracle Log Analytics6.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
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Questions about Hubble alternatives

What is the best alternative to Hubble?

Uptrace, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: Honeycomb, SigNoz, Grafana Cloud Application Observability and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Hubble?

Uptrace is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.