Tempo vs Uptrace

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 0.7 for Uptrace.

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (7.1 vs 0.7)
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

No clear advantage in the published data.

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

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

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Tempo leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

AI Mode

11.5%

Perplexity

1.9%

2.2%

TempoUptrace

0 engine answers name both brands

0Tempo ranked higher

0Uptrace ranked higher

Dimension	Tempo	Uptrace
Pricing model	—	Usage-based
Entry price	—	Contact sales
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Managed as Grafana Cloud or self-hosted on Kubernetes via Helm	Uptrace Cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Ansible or Kubernetes, or on-premises with a license
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS v4.0.1, GDPR, FedRAMP High, TISAX, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP Level 2	—
Support	—	16/5 enterprise support across EU and US business hours, Email and scheduled calls, Dedicated support engineer on on-premises plans
Headquarters	New York, NY	Chisinau, Moldova
Employees	1,001–5,000	1–10
Funding	Series E · $1100M raised	Bootstrapped
Best for	—	Engineering teams that run OpenTelemetry and want traces, metrics and logs in one platform at predictable cost.