OpenObserveHigh-performance, unified observability for the AI era
vs
TempoOpen-source, high-scale distributed tracing backend
Comparison · Observability · weekly run Nov 3
OpenObserve 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 3.6 for OpenObserve, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.
Choose OpenObserve if…
- AI answers describe it more positively (25% vs 6% positive)
- transparent pay-as-you-go pricing
- annual plan discount on ingestion
- free tier with generous daily ingestion
Choose Tempo if…
- You want the brand AI engines rank higher (7.1 vs 3.6)
- You need SOC 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO 22301 or PCI DSS v4.0.1 or GDPR 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)
- Open-source and cost-effective
AI visibility side by side
Latest weekly run · Nov 3
| Metric | OpenObserve | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility score | 3.6% | 7.1% |
| Change vs last week | New | New |
| Rank in Observability | #16 | #12 |
| Share of voice | 1.4% | 3.1% |
| Mentions this run | 8 | 18 |
| Positive in AI answers | 25% | 6% |
The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days
OpenObserve 0pp · Tempo 0pp over 0 weekly runs.
Engine by engine
Tempo leads on 2 of 3 engines
ChatGPT
AI Mode
Perplexity
OpenObserveTempo
Head to head in AI answers
1 engine answers name both brands
1OpenObserve ranked higher
0Tempo ranked higher
| Prompt | Engine | OpenObserve | Tempo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternatives to the most popular observability platform | Perplexity | #12 | #14 |
Features, pricing & fit
| Dimension | OpenObserve | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Usage-based | — |
| Entry price | Free; paid from $0.5 / mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Deployment | Open-source self-hosted, OpenObserve Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud | Managed as Grafana Cloud or self-hosted on Kubernetes via Helm |
| Integrations | 150+ | — |
| Compliance | — | SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS v4.0.1, GDPR, FedRAMP High, TISAX, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP Level 2 |
| Support | Premium support on the Enterprise plan, Architecture reviews on the Enterprise plan, SLAs on the Enterprise plan | — |
| Founded | 2022 | — |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | New York, NY |
| Employees | 11–50 | 1,001–5,000 |
| Funding | Seed | Series E · $1100M raised |
| Best for | Teams that want to keep all their logs, metrics and traces without Elasticsearch-level storage bills or Datadog-style per-host fees. | — |
Plans side by side
OpenObserve
Cloud Professional$0.5GB ingested, plus $0.01/GB queried, billed monthly
Cloud EnterpriseCustomcontact sales
Self-Hosted Enterprise$0free up to 50 GB ingestion per day; contact sales above that
Tempo
Pricing not available.
Pros and cons
Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand
OpenObserve
- transparent pay-as-you-go pricing
- annual plan discount on ingestion
- free tier with generous daily ingestion
- free trial without credit card
- named among the strongest shortlist options
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, “OpenObserve vs Tempo”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/openobserve-vs-tempo, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.