TL;DR - Jaeger
- Jaeger is an open-source distributed tracing system for monitoring microservices
- It tracks request flows across services to troubleshoot latency and failures
- Completely free and open-source
Pricing: Free forever
Best for: Individuals & startups
Score: 85/100
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- Distributed tracing
- Service dependency
- Root cause analysis
- Multi-backend
About Jaeger
Jaeger traces requests through distributed systems. Follow a request across microservices, find where latency hides, understand how systems actually behave—distributed tracing from Uber, now CNCF.
The visualization shows request flow. The storage is pluggable. The integration with Kubernetes is native.
Teams debugging microservices use Jaeger for distributed tracing that reveals system behavior.
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Jaeger FAQ
Jaeger is completely free and open source, graduated from the CNCF. You can run it in production without licensing costs.
Jaeger is a distributed tracing system originally developed by Uber. It helps you monitor and troubleshoot microservices by showing how requests flow through your system.
Both are open source distributed tracing systems with similar functionality. Jaeger is CNCF graduated with more features. Either works well for observability.