OpenObserve vs Uptrace
Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?
The short answer
OpenObserve is the stronger AI pick in Observability: it has a visibility score of 3.6 versus 0.7 for Uptrace, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.
Choose OpenObserve if…
- You want the brand AI engines rank higher (3.6 vs 0.7)
- You prefer a larger, established vendor (11–50 employees)
- transparent pay-as-you-go pricing
- annual plan discount on ingestion
Choose Uptrace if…
No clear advantage in the published data.
AI visibility side by side
Latest weekly run · Nov 3
| Metric | OpenObserve | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility score | 3.6% | 0.7% |
| Change vs last week | New | New |
| Rank in Observability | #16 | #32 |
| Share of voice | 1.4% | 0.4% |
| Mentions this run | 8 | 2 |
| Positive in AI answers | 25% | — |
The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days
OpenObserve 0pp · Uptrace 0pp over 0 weekly runs.
Engine by engine
OpenObserve leads on 2 of 3 engines
Head to head in AI answers
1 engine answers name both brands
| Prompt | Engine | OpenObserve | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|---|
| How do I choose an observability platform for a mid-market team? | Perplexity | #9 | #13 |
Features, pricing & fit
| Dimension | OpenObserve | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Entry price | Free; paid from $0.5 / mo | Contact sales |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Open-source self-hosted, OpenObserve Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud | Uptrace Cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Ansible or Kubernetes, or on-premises with a license |
| Integrations | 150+ | — |
| Support | Premium support on the Enterprise plan, Architecture reviews on the Enterprise plan, SLAs on the Enterprise plan | 16/5 enterprise support across EU and US business hours, Email and scheduled calls, Dedicated support engineer on on-premises plans |
| Founded | 2022 | — |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Chisinau, Moldova |
| Employees | 11–50 | 1–10 |
| Funding | Seed | Bootstrapped |
| Best for | Teams that want to keep all their logs, metrics and traces without Elasticsearch-level storage bills or Datadog-style per-host fees. | Engineering teams that run OpenTelemetry and want traces, metrics and logs in one platform at predictable cost. |
Plans side by side
OpenObserve
Uptrace
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
Uptrace
Profile in progress.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Cite as: SlateIndex, “OpenObserve vs Uptrace”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/openobserve-vs-uptrace, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.