Open Source Observability: Datadog Alternative

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Open Source Observability
with Traces, Metrics, and Logs

Scalable and affordable OpenTelemetry-based observability platform that helps you monitor, understand, and optimize complex distributed systems. Think of DataDog or NewRelic, but at a fraction of the cost.

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  • Service graph with service relationships.
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  • Most popular logs and errors.
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Key benefits

Zero infrastructure management

Automatic updates and maintenance

Scalable with predictable pricing

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Why Uptrace?

All-in-one solution

Uptrace offers an integrated experience for traces, metrics, and logs, eliminating the need to manage multiple tools.

Uptrace works at any scale and can accept data from OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Vector, FluentBit, CloudWatch, and more.

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If you don't want to manage Uptrace yourself, you can use Uptrace Cloud or request an on-premise installation.

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You pay for the number of ingested gigabytes and active timeseries. There are no hidden fees.

The price is calculated at the end of the month and it will never exceed the budget you set after creating your account.

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Convenience

OpenTelemetry provides high-quality instrumentation libraries that allow you to get started with little to no code changes.

Flexibility

OpenTelemetry is open source and free, which allows you to easily try different vendors without changing the instrumentation.

Efficiency

OpenTelemetry is designed to be lightweight and introduces minimal performance overhead when configured correctly.


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225 APM Hosts (10TB)

20TB Logs Ingest

350 Infra Hosts (750k timeseries)

Monthly Full-Stack Observability Costs

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Same reliability

Same performance

80% less cost