Best Hubble Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 platforms from distributed tracing tools ranked against Hubble on the same published basis.
- 1Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Traces
- 2Hubble vs Tracekit
- 3Hubble vs Tracetest
- 4Hubble vs Uptrace
- 5Hubble vs VictoriaLogs
- 6Hubble vs AWS X-Ray
- 7Hubble vs Honeycomb
- 8Hubble vs Jaeger
- 9Hubble vs SigNoz
- 10Hubble vs Apache SkyWalking
- 12Hubble vs Elastic Observability
- 13Hubble vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- 14Hubble vs Grafana k6
- 15Hubble vs Pinpoint
- 16Hubble vs OpenZipkin
- 17Hubble vs Pixie
- 18Hubble vs Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management
- 19Hubble vs Grafana Tempo
- 20Hubble vs Oracle Log Analytics
- 21Hubble vs Sentry Performance
Hubble alternatives compared
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grafana Cloud Traces | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Web |
| 2 | Tracekit | 7.4 | Free plan | $24/mo | API, Web |
| 3 | Tracetest | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Uptrace | 7.4 | Free plan | $39/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | VictoriaLogs | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 6 | AWS X-Ray | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 7 | Honeycomb | 7.3 | Free plan | $150/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | Jaeger | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 9 | SigNoz | 7.3 | Free plan | $19/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 10 | Apache SkyWalking | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 12 | Elastic Observability | 7.0 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 13 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 14 | Grafana k6 | 6.0 | Free plan | $19/mo | Linux |
| 15 | Pinpoint | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 16 | OpenZipkin | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 17 | Pixie | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 18 | Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management | 5.6 | No | — | Web |
| 19 | Grafana Tempo | 5.2 | No | — | Linux |
| 20 | Oracle Log Analytics | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 21 | Sentry Performance | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
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Questions about Hubble alternatives
What is the best alternative to Hubble?
Grafana Cloud Traces, number 1 in distributed tracing tools with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Tracekit, Tracetest, Uptrace and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Hubble?
Grafana Cloud Traces is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 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, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.