Jaeger
NewMonitor and troubleshoot workflows in complex distributed systems
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
- Jaeger ranks #34 of 45 in Observability with an AI visibility score of 0.7 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- Jaeger is most visible on ChatGPT (1.1) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
- AI engines name Jaeger in 2 of the 30 Observability buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
- grafana.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Jaeger, with 2 citations.
About
Company details for Jaeger
Jaeger is an open-source distributed tracing platform. It maps the flow of requests and data as they traverse a distributed system, helping teams find performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot errors and analyze service dependencies. It ranks #34 of 45 in Observability on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 0.7 in the latest weekly run.
Its differentiator: 100% open source distributed tracing platform that is cloud native and infinitely scalable.
- Website
- jaegertracing.io
- Categories
- Observability
- Founded
- 2015
- Company type
- Open source project
- Deployment
- Self-hosted, on-premises or in the cloud, with the Jaeger Operator and Helm chart for Kubernetes.
- Platforms
- Kubernetes
Read from presentations.cncf.io, twitter.com, jaegertracing.io, cncf.io, dash0.com, github.com · refreshed Nov 3, 2026.
AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Changes appear after the second weekly run in Observability. Datadog leads the category at 69.5%.
Media
Website and product screenshots for Jaeger
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Jaeger
What should an observability platform integrate with?
Official website of the top observability platform vendors
Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk, Elastic, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Jaeger are also commonly included in current observability-platform comparisons.
Products & features
What Jaeger sells
Jaeger v2
Distributed tracing platform built on the OpenTelemetry Collector, including storage and a UI.
Target market & buyers
Notable customers include Grafana Labs, Northwestern Mutual, SeatGeek, Ticketmaster, Uber, Weaveworks, Zenly, Red Hat.
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| — | — |
Recent developments
- Jul 2026ProductJaeger v2.20.0 released as current stable
The Jaeger team published v2.20.0 as the current stable release.
- May 2026ProductAdding support for tracing AI agent workloads
A CNCF blog post by a Jaeger maintainer describes adding support for tracing AI agent workloads with OpenTelemetry.
- May 2026ProductNative ClickHouse support in Jaeger
Jaeger v2.18.0 introduces native ClickHouse support as a new storage backend.
- Apr 2026ProductJaeger v2 uses OpenTelemetry and MCP for GenAI tracing
The New Stack reported that Jaeger v2 uses OpenTelemetry and MCP for GenAI pipeline tracing.
- Dec 2025ProductJaeger v1 reaches end of life
Jaeger v1 reached end of life on December 31, 2025, after its last v1 release in December 2025.
Competitive landscape
How Jaeger compares with its top three alternatives
Jaeger most often appears alongside Datadog, Grafana, Splunk in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaeger | 0.7% | 0.3% | New | Pricing not available |
| Datadog | 69.5% | 11% | New | $0.05 / mo |
| Grafana | 47.8% | 9.8% | New | Free plan |
| Splunk | 22.5% | 5.8% | New | Free plan |
| Prometheus | 20.8% | 6.1% | New | Pricing not available |
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Jaeger AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/jaeger, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.