Hypertrace vs Uptrace
Hypertrace
hypertrace.org
Uptrace
uptrace.devSide by side
| Figure | Hypertrace | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $39/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 6 |
| Spec score · Distributed Tracing Tools | 8.6 (#4) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Spec score · Runtime Monitoring Software | 8.6 (#11) | 8.6 (#13) |
| Dashboards | The Dashboard UI shows global health, including frequently called endpoints, services and backends. | Custom dashboards can be created through the interface or YAML and can use spans, events, logs and metrics. |
| Deployment | Hypertrace can be deployed on Kubernetes with Helm charts or run locally with Docker Compose. | Self-hosted installation options include Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes, and Linux packages are available for amd64 and arm64. |
| Service graph | The Application Flow UI visualizes traced traffic across the network as a service graph. | Interactive service topology maps show dependencies, health status and downstream impact. |
| Support | The project points users to its Slack workspace and GitHub Discussions for questions and community help. | The project directs users to Telegram, Slack and GitHub Discussions for help; paid editions add email, priority, fast-SLA or dedicated support. |
| What it does | Hypertrace is a real-time observability platform that turns distributed trace data into insights about production requests and network trends. | Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-based observability and APM platform combining distributed traces, logs, metrics, dashboards and alerting. |
Plans
Uptrace
- CommunityFree
- Uptrace CloudFree
- Starter$39 a month
- Team$199 a month
- Business$499 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Hypertrace
Hypertrace has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Uptrace
Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform that unifies traces, metrics and logs. It provides UQL for querying spans and logs and a PromQL-compatible engine for metrics. Dashboards can combine spans, events, logs and metrics, configured in the UI or YAML. Metric and error monitors can send notifications through email, Slack, PagerDuty and other channels. Uptrace lists Grafana integration as a Prometheus and Tempo data source and includes a built-in MCP server for AI assistants. It offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, with Docker, Ansible and Kubernetes installation options; precompiled binaries are listed for Linux, macOS and Windows. Uptrace Cloud retains data for four weeks by default, with cold storage options for up to 100 weeks. The free Cloud plan includes 50 GB per month and 5,000 timeseries per month, while Community is free with unlimited usage and 14 days of retention. Paid plans start at $39 a month. The privacy policy says data in transit and database backups are encrypted, but most live database data is not encrypted at rest.