Alternatives to SigNoz
Open-source full-stack observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
SigNoz
Open-source full-stack observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as SigNoz.
OpenObserve
Collect logs, metrics and traces in a unified observability application.
OpenObserve also collects logs, metrics and traces in one self-hosted, open source AGPL-3.0 application, with hosted services and enterprise features priced separately.
Uptrace
Explore traces, metrics and logs collected through OpenTelemetry.
Uptrace offers linked views of traces, metrics and logs collected through OpenTelemetry, is licensed AGPL-3.0, and needs instrumentation plus a supported storage setup.
HyperDX
Investigate application failures using linked logs, traces and related telemetry.
HyperDX focuses on investigating application failures through linked logs, traces and telemetry, is MIT licensed, and can run on your own infrastructure.
Apache SkyWalking
Observe distributed applications through traces, metrics and related service information.
Apache SkyWalking provides application-performance views from traces and metrics, is free under Apache-2.0, and requires deploying collectors and configuring supported instrumentation.
Coroot
Investigate application behavior using automatically collected observability data.
Coroot combines service views with metrics and traces using eBPF-based collection, which needs compatible Linux hosts and appropriate privileges, and is licensed Apache-2.0.
Elastic Stack
Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats and Kibana combined for collecting, searching and visualizing logs and other data.
Elastic Stack centres on log collection, search and Kibana dashboards, is not open source, runs several separate services, and places some features in paid offerings.
Also worth comparing
These listings name SigNoz as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Grafana
Dashboard and visualization front end for metrics, logs and traces.
SigNoz provides its own views for APM, logs, traces and metrics on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, rather than a front end mixing many different back ends.
Grafana Tempo
Store and query distributed traces with a dedicated tracing back end.
SigNoz stores traces together with logs, metrics and APM in one OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse platform, adding the overhead of running a ClickHouse-backed stack.
Jaeger
Follow requests across services to investigate distributed-system latency.
SigNoz combines traces with APM, logs and metrics on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, adding the overhead of running a ClickHouse-backed stack.
Parseable
Rust-based self-hosted logging server with columnar storage and a built-in UI.
SigNoz adds APM, traces and metrics alongside logs on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, which brings more operational overhead than a single logging server.
Pinpoint
Trace application requests across distributed services.
SigNoz combines APM, logs, traces and metrics on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, with a freemium model and the overhead of running a ClickHouse-backed stack.
Zipkin
Collect trace timing data to troubleshoot service-to-service latency.
SigNoz combines traces with APM, logs and metrics on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, which adds operational overhead when self-hosted.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpenTelemetry Collector
Receive, process and export telemetry through a vendor-neutral collector.
Grafana Loki
Collect and query application logs using label-based indexing.
Prometheus
Metrics database that scrapes targets and evaluates alerting rules.
