Sematext Tracing
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VisitSematext Tracing vs Uptrace
What both publish
| Fact | Sematext Tracing | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Alerting | Users can set alerts on latency thresholds, error rates, or custom span attributes and integrate them with incident management workflows. | Metric and error monitors can notify through email, Slack, PagerDuty and other channels. |
| Deployment | The product page says it can be deployed on Kubernetes, Docker, containers, or bare metal. | Self-hosted installation options include Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes, and Linux packages are available for amd64 and arm64. |
| Product | Sematext Tracing is an OpenTelemetry-based distributed tracing solution for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices and distributed systems. | Uptrace is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform that unifies traces, metrics, and logs. |
| Support | The product page links to production support, and the company page says Sematext provides production support for Elasticsearch, the ELK/Elastic Stack, and Apache Solr. | The project directs users to Telegram, Slack and GitHub Discussions for help; paid editions add email, priority, fast-SLA or dedicated support. |
Sematext Tracing plans
- Basic—
- Pro—
- Standard—
Uptrace plans
- CommunityFree
- Uptrace CloudFree
- Starter$39 a month
- Team$199 a month
- Business$499 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick Sematext Tracing if…
Sematext Tracing suits teams instrumenting microservices or distributed systems with OpenTelemetry. It fits users who need trace search, service maps, performance percentiles, and configurable alerts.
Pick Uptrace if…
Uptrace suits teams that need to correlate traces, metrics, and logs, and choose between cloud and self-hosted deployment. Its listed editions range from Community for individuals to Business for reliability and compliance needs.