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Overview
Developed byCloud Native Computing Foundation
Founded2019
LicenseApache 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseApplication observability and telemetry data collection
Knowledge graph stats
Claims29
Avg confidence94%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated yesterday
WikidataQ107381796
Trust distribution
100% unverified
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OpenTelemetry

product

CNCF observability framework for traces, metrics, and logs across services

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supports model

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Traces○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Metrics○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Logs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Distributed tracing○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Metrics collection○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Log Aggregation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Logging○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Application observability and telemetry data collection○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vendor-neutral observability framework for traces, metrics, and logs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Application Performance Monitoring and Observability○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Application observability and monitoring○UnverifiedHighFresh1

pricing model

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Free○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Sentry○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Prometheus○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Grafana○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Jaeger○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Zipkin○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Apache 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Apache License 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1

maintained by

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Cloud Native Computing Foundation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OTLP○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Cloud Native Computing Foundation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
2019○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Zipkin○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OpenTracing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OpenCensus○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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SentryPrometheusGrafanaJaegerZipkin

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Claim count: 29Last updated: 4/9/2026Edit history