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Best AWS X-Ray Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from distributed tracing tools ranked against AWS X-Ray on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.9
    AWS X-Ray vs Honeycomb
  2. 2
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.9
    AWS X-Ray vs SigNoz
  3. 3
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  4. 4
    Grafana Cloud Traces Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Cloud Traces
  5. 5
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana k6
  6. 6
    Pinpoint Free plan self-hostedWebWin Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Pinpoint
  7. 7
    Tracekit Free plan apiWeb $24/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracekit
  8. 8
    Tracetest Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Tracetest
  9. 9
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Uptrace
  10. 10
    VictoriaLogs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    AWS X-Ray vs VictoriaLogs
  11. 11
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Apache SkyWalking
  12. 13
    Hubble Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Hubble
  13. 14
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Jaeger
  14. 15
    OpenZipkin Free plan self-hostedWeb Free6.3
    AWS X-Ray vs OpenZipkin
  15. 16
    Pixie Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    AWS X-Ray vs Pixie
  16. 17
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.8
    AWS X-Ray vs Elastic Observability
  17. 18
    Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management Web 5.8
    AWS X-Ray vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
  18. 19
    Grafana Tempo Linux 5.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Grafana Tempo
  19. 20
    Oracle Log Analytics Web 5.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Oracle Log Analytics
  20. 21
    Sentry Performance Web 5.4
    AWS X-Ray vs Sentry Performance

AWS X-Ray alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Honeycomb7.9Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
2SigNoz7.9Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
3Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
4Grafana Cloud Traces6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
5Grafana k66.4Free plan$19/moLinux
6Pinpoint6.4Free planFreeself-hosted, Web, Windows
7Tracekit6.4Free plan$24/moAPI, Web
8Tracetest6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Uptrace6.4Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10VictoriaLogs6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11Apache SkyWalking6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Hubble6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Jaeger6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15OpenZipkin6.3Free planFreeself-hosted, Web
16Pixie6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
17Elastic Observability5.8No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management5.8No—Web
19Grafana Tempo5.4No—Linux
20Oracle Log Analytics5.4No—Web
21Sentry Performance5.4No—Web
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Questions about AWS X-Ray alternatives

What is the best alternative to AWS X-Ray?

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

What is the best free alternative to AWS X-Ray?

Honeycomb is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.