Head to head
CubeAPM vs Uptrace
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
38/100Higher score | 25/100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #11 | #12 |
| Confidence | Medium confidence | Medium confidence |
| External Reputation | 73 | — |
| AI Authority | 5 | 10 |
| Web Authority | 9 | 16 |
| Expert Assessment | 66 | 61 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | $0.20/GB/month pay-as-you-go (Pro) — but vendor metadata and G2 listing both state $0.15/GB · free tier: None published; a self-serve sandbox exists at playground.cubeapm.com and every plan CTA is 'Book a Demo' | From $0.075/GB ingested (Cloud); $39/month self-hosted Starter (up to 50 GB/day) · free tier: Community Edition self-hosted $0 forever (14-day retention); Uptrace Cloud free up to 50 GB and 5,000 timeseries per month; 14-day trial with 1TB and 100k metrics, no credit card |
| Pricing model | Usage-based (per GB ingested), sales-led | Usage-based (per-GB ingest) for Cloud; tiered subscription for self-hosted; free open-source edition |
| Best for | Backend-heavy, OpenTelemetry-instrumented engineering orgs running microservices and Kubernetes whose Datadog or New Relic bill has become a board-level line item, or who face data-residency and sovereignty constraints and have the infrastructure to host the platform in their own cloud. | Mid-size to large engineering teams already standardised on OpenTelemetry with large headcounts relative to data volume, EU data-residency obligations, and the in-house capability to self-host on ClickHouse — especially those running a deliberate cost-reduction migration off Datadog or New Relic. |
| Avoid if | Your primary need is mobile or browser/frontend monitoring, AIOps-grade automated RCA or LLM/token observability; you have no infrastructure or appetite to self-host (there is no SaaS option, free tier or self-serve checkout); or you require a deep public review history and a firm published price before committing. | You need 24/7 vendor support for production incidents, in-region US or APAC hosting, a completed SOC 2 attestation as a procurement gate, a substantial independent reference base, or RBAC/SSO without paying for a self-hosted tier. |
| Markets | Enterprise, Mid-Market, DevOps/SRE teams | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise, Engineering/SRE teams |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | Moldova (site footer); EU data centres in Germany and Finland |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.