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Comparison · Observability · weekly run Nov 3

Dash0 vs Tempo

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Tempo is the stronger AI pick in Observability: it has a visibility score of 7.1 versus 3.2 for Dash0, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Dash0 if…

  • You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
  • Discount for eligible early-stage startups

Choose Tempo if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (7.1 vs 3.2)
  • AI answers describe it more positively (6% vs 0% positive)
  • You need SOC 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO 22301 or PCI DSS v4.0.1 or FedRAMP High or TISAX or CSA STAR or TX-RAMP Level 2 coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric Dash0 Tempo
Visibility score3.2%7.1%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in Observability#18#12
Share of voice1.1%3.1%
Mentions this run618
Positive in AI answers0%6%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 3Dash0 3%

Dash0 0pp · Tempo 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Tempo leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
0%
8%
AI Mode
2%
11.5%
Perplexity
7.6%
1.9%
Dash0Tempo

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Dash0 ranked higher
1Tempo ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionDash0Tempo
DeploymentHosted on AWS and GCP with EU or US data residency, and self-hosted plans availableManaged as Grafana Cloud or self-hosted on Kubernetes via Helm
Integrations100+—
ComplianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPRSOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS v4.0.1, GDPR, FedRAMP High, TISAX, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP Level 2
Founded2023—
HeadquartersNew York, NY, United StatesNew York, NY
Employees201–5001,001–5,000
FundingSeries B · $155M raisedSeries E · $1100M raised
Best forDevelopers, SREs and platform engineers who run OpenTelemetry and want to avoid vendor lock-in—

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

Dash0

  • Discount for eligible early-stage startups

    Tempo

    • Open-source and cost-effective
    • Mature Prometheus, Loki and Grafana ecosystem
    • Distributed tracing for traces
    • Integrates smoothly with OpenTelemetry
    • Managed option with a permanent free tier
    • Demands significant internal engineering time to maintain and scale

    Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

    Cite as: SlateIndex, “Dash0 vs Tempo”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/dash0-vs-tempo, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.