Honeycomb
7.5#4 in distributed tracing toolsFrom $150 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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SolarWinds Observability
6.9#8 in distributed tracing toolsFrom $5 a monthWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Honeycomb | SolarWinds Observability |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Telemetry | Honeycomb supports distributed tracing, logs, metrics, and OpenTelemetry data. | The SaaS offering unifies logs, metrics, traces, database queries, and user experience data. |
Honeycomb plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$150 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
SolarWinds Observability plans
- Log Observability$5 a month
- Essentials$8 a month
- Digital Experience Observability - Synthetic$10 a month
- Digital Experience Observability - Real User Monitoring$10 a month
- Advanced$14 a month
- Network and Infrastructure Observability$15.75 a month
Pick Honeycomb if…
Honeycomb describes its Free plan for testing and individual projects, Pro for teams with a production application, and Enterprise for multi-team and large-scale applications. It supports teams working with traces, logs, metrics and OpenTelemetry data.
Pick SolarWinds Observability if…
It suits teams seeking observability across application, infrastructure, database, network, and user-experience data. The SaaS and self-hosted options accommodate different deployment setups.