Odigos
Odigos is self-hosted software for examining live runtime activity inside services.
What Odigos is
Odigos is self-hosted software for examining live runtime activity inside services. It helps engineers, AI agents, and security teams investigate production behavior without changing application code. It can capture traces, metrics, logs, profiles, and function values, including runtime evidence that might otherwise require an instrumentation release or redeployment. Odigos uses out-of-process eBPF capture; the company states this uses under 1% CPU and adds effectively zero latency. Access controls can govern who requests captures, which workloads are included, and what may be collected. PII masking, attribute deletion, and sampling can shape captured values in the cluster before export. Data is sent as OpenTelemetry to configured destinations, and Odigos can run alongside tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Grafana Cloud, and Jaeger. Listed supported languages include Go, Java, Python, .NET, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby. The open-source plan costs nothing; Enterprise pricing is custom and includes a 14-day free trial. Enterprise also lists multi-cluster administration and 24/7 premium support.
Good
- Captures traces, metrics, logs, profiles, and function values.
- Captures runtime evidence without an instrumentation release.
- Data can be shaped before export.
- Open Source plan costs nothing.
Watch out
- Enterprise pricing is custom and not listed.
- Oracle database tracing is marked “Coming Soon.”
- Open Source plan lists community support.
Who it suits
Odigos suits engineering and security teams that need production runtime evidence or want to investigate and contain application issues. It is intended for self-hosted deployments, including Kubernetes, VMs, and bare metal.
Verdict
Odigos offers live runtime capture and controls for shaping and exporting the resulting data. The free open-source plan is available, while Enterprise pricing requires a quote.
Plans and prices
From Odigos's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Free and open source · Apache 2.0 · core OpenTelemetry tracing · community support |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Custom pricing · 14-day free trial · low-overhead eBPF capture · database tracing · multi-cluster administration · 24/7 premium support |
The facts
Each one read from Odigos's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Odigos says RBAC and policy controls govern who can request captures, which workloads they apply to, and what may be captured.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Compliance
- Odigos says it is SOC 2 audited.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Data handling
- PII masking, attribute deletion, and sampling can shape captured values in the cluster before export.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The company describes installation on Kubernetes, VMs, and bare metal; its plan comparison specifies Linux VM/cloud VM and Linux bare metal tracing.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Destinations
- Odigos exports data as OpenTelemetry to configured destinations and can run alongside Datadog, New Relic, Honeycomb, Grafana Cloud, Jaeger, Tempo, Loki, and SigNoz.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Enterprise limits
- Oracle database tracing is marked “Coming Soon” on the plan comparison.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Instrumentation
- Odigos captures missing runtime evidence live without requiring an instrumentation release or redeploy.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- Odigos describes its users as engineers, AI agents, and security teams investigating production, containing attacks, and improving code.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Languages
- The pricing page lists Go, Java, Python, .NET, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby as supported languages.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Performance
- Odigos states that its out-of-process eBPF capture uses under 1% CPU and adds effectively zero latency.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Odigos records live runtime activity inside services so engineers, AI agents, and security teams can investigate production behavior without changing application code.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security response
- Odigos supports function-level virtual patching to block matching application calls before a code release.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Signals
- Odigos can collect traces, metrics, logs, profiles, and function values.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The open source plan provides Odigos community support, while Enterprise lists 24/7 premium support.checked 29 Sep 2026
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