Uptrace replaces 2 paid apps
Compare Uptrace with 2 paid apps. Each pairing describes a recorded use case and its limits; check the current license, feature availability and hosting requirements at the source.
licenseAGPL-3.0
runsyour machine or their cloud
installHosted signup, or Docker Compose with Uptrace, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Redis, and an OpenTelemetry Collector
dataSelf-hosted telemetry lives in ClickHouse, metadata in PostgreSQL, and transient cache/session data in Redis; Docker uses persistent named volumes.
setupEven the small-team Compose deployment is a multi-database stack, and production operation adds collectors, backups, TLS, retention tuning, and ordered upgrades.
source checked 2026-08-14
OpenTelemetry APM with two databases and no pretending that is one click.
the catchIt is a capable OpenTelemetry APM, but it is narrower than the hosted Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo ecosystem and carries a multi-database self-hosting burden.
the verdict →all Grafana Cloud alternatives →
Trace analysis and service maps on your own databases; high-cardinality magic is less magical.
the catchIt offers strong trace analysis and service maps, but its exploratory high-cardinality query experience and managed scaling are less mature than Honeycomb's.
the verdict →all Honeycomb alternatives →latest recorded source check 2026-08-14 · no votes, no pay-to-list
