Best Hubble Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from distributed tracing tools ranked against Hubble on the same published basis.
- 1Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- 2Hubble vs Uptrace
- 3Hubble vs AWS X-Ray
- 4Hubble vs Tracetest
- 5Hubble vs Apache SkyWalking
- 6Hubble vs Honeycomb
- 8Hubble vs Jaeger
- 9Hubble vs Oracle Log Analytics
- 10Hubble vs Pinpoint
- 11Hubble vs SigNoz
- 12Hubble vs VictoriaLogs
- 13Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Traces
- 14Hubble vs Grafana k6
- 15Hubble vs Tracekit
- 16Hubble vs Pixie
- 17Hubble vs Sematext Tracing
- 18Hubble vs Elastic Observability
- 19Hubble vs OpenZipkin
- 20Hubble vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
- 21Hubble vs SolarWinds Observability
Hubble alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 7.2 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Uptrace | 7.2 | Free plan | $39/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | AWS X-Ray | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Tracetest | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Apache SkyWalking | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Honeycomb | 7.0 | Free plan | $150/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | Jaeger | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 9 | Oracle Log Analytics | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Web, Windows |
| 10 | Pinpoint | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 11 | SigNoz | 7.0 | Free plan | $19/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 12 | VictoriaLogs | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 13 | Grafana Cloud Traces | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | API, Web |
| 14 | Grafana k6 | 6.8 | Free plan | $19/mo | Linux |
| 15 | Tracekit | 6.8 | Free plan | $24/mo | API, Web |
| 16 | Pixie | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 17 | Sematext Tracing | 6.7 | No | — | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 18 | Elastic Observability | 6.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 19 | OpenZipkin | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 20 | Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management | 6.6 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 21 | SolarWinds Observability | 6.3 | No | $5/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
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Questions about Hubble alternatives
What is the best alternative to Hubble?
Grafana Cloud Application Observability, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 7.2 out of 10. The others here: Uptrace, AWS X-Ray, Tracetest and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Hubble?
Grafana Cloud Application Observability is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.