“[OpenObserve is] super fast, definitely very lightweight, and you can get started with an initial POC in two to three minutes to be honest.”
2–3 min
To first POC
Lightweight
Minimal footprint
AI vision
Retail analytics platform
Distributed Traces, End to End. Every Span Retained.
OpenTelemetry-native. No sampling.
Gain end-to-end visibility into your distributed systems, powered by OpenTelemetry.
Correlated Telemetry
Visualize and troubleshoot metrics, logs, and traces in a single pane of glass.
70% Less Storage Than Elasticsearch
Apache Parquet compression without losing query speed.
OTel-Native Traces
Standardized collection with zero vendor lock-in.
Distributed Tracing
Follow a Request Wherever It Goes
Trace Collection
OpenTelemetry Integration
Collect traces through native OTLP. Instrument applications once and export traces directly to OpenObserve, no vendor lock-in.
Auto-Instrumentation
Capture distributed traces using zero-code auto-instrumentation configured by the OpenObserve collector.
Service Analysis
Dependency Mapping
See your microservices in action. Real-time service maps reveal how your systems truly connect.
Performance Insights
Spot troublemakers instantly with latency heatmaps and error trend analysis. Compare trace durations across versions to catch performance drops before users do.
Trace Analysis
Detailed Spans
Dive deep into every operation, examine spans with precise timing, tags, and logs. One click takes you from overview metrics to the exact problematic trace span.
Context Propagation
Follow requests anywhere with W3C trace context support. Visualize complete transaction journeys through your stack with flame graphs and waterfall diagrams.
Optimized Storage
Efficient Storage
Slash storage costs to 1/140th of Elasticsearch with Apache Parquet’s columnar format, exceptional compression without sacrificing query performance.
Flexible Retention
Set retention policies your way, no complex tiered storage needed. OpenObserve leverages object storage as your hot tier.
Benchmarks
Measured against the platforms you are already paying for
Same telemetry, same workloads, one platform. Every number is OpenObserve against a named vendor - not an industry average.
vs. Datadog
8×
more cost-effective
8x cost reduction means you can unify your observability into a single platform.
Read case studyvs. Elastic
140×
storage efficiency
140x storage means longer retention doesn't necessarily mean expensive bills.
Read case studyvs. Dynatrace
10×
faster performance
10x performance means dashboards and queries load in milliseconds, not minutes.
Read case studyvs. New Relic
30×
compute efficiency
30x compute efficiency means you index everything and don't have to compromise on sampling.
Read case study
See how much you would save switching today.
Testimonials
Teams trust OpenObserve with their traces
Correlate between the environments and signals across various sources with OpenObserve built-in correlation engine.
Traces FAQs
Resources
Explore guides, videos, and articles
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