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Distributed Tracing With OpenTelemetry, On Your Own Infrastructure

Netdata ingests OpenTelemetry traces over OTLP on the agent that already collects your metrics and logs. Spans stay on your infrastructure. See how it works.

Solutions

Distributed Tracing for Microservices With OpenTelemetry

Trace requests across your microservices with OpenTelemetry and Netdata. Spans stay on your infrastructure, next to per-second metrics and logs. See how it works.

Application Performance Monitoring Software

Monitor every metric every second, trace requests with OpenTelemetry, and resolve issues 80% faster with Netdata’s real-time APM and edge-native ML. Book a demo now!

Kubernetes Monitoring Tool Without Centralized Data

Real-time Kubernetes monitoring with per-second metrics, ML anomaly detection, and AI troubleshooting at unmatched cost efficiency. Book a demo now!

Microservices Monitoring Tool Without Sampling

Get real-time microservices observability with per-second metrics, logs and OpenTelemetry traces on one agent, plus ML-powered detection. Book a demo now!

Real-Time Infrastructure Monitoring For Tech Industry

Get real-time per-second visibility, ML-powered anomaly detection, and predictable per-node pricing for tech teams needing fast observability. Book a demo!

Service Mesh Observability Without Overhead

Monitor Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, and Consul with zero config, instant insights & 90% lower observability costs using Netdata’s real-time platform. Read more!

Unified Observability Platform With Predictable Costs

Unify metrics, logs and traces with Netdata: per-second metrics, zero-pipeline logs, OpenTelemetry traces and ML-powered insights on one agent. Learn more!

Comparisons

Netdata vs Grafana Tempo | Distributed Tracing Comparison

Netdata vs Grafana Tempo in 2026: compare OpenTelemetry trace ingestion, object storage, TraceQL, service graphs and the stack each one needs.

Netdata vs Jaeger | Distributed Tracing Comparison

Netdata vs Jaeger in 2026: compare OpenTelemetry trace ingestion, span storage, trace search, service dependency graphs and infrastructure context.

Netdata vs Dash0 | Monitoring Tools Comparison

Compare Netdata and Dash0: OpenTelemetry traces, metrics and logs stored on your own agents with per-second infrastructure monitoring vs Dash0's span-centric SaaS.

Netdata vs Honeycomb | Monitoring Tools Comparison

Compare Netdata and Honeycomb: OpenTelemetry traces, per-second metrics and logs on your own infrastructure vs Honeycomb's high-cardinality trace analytics.

Netdata vs Last9 | Monitoring Tools Comparison

Compare Netdata vs Last9 to see how real-time monitoring, zero config deployment, and predictable pricing replace complex SRE add-ons. Learn more now!

Netdata vs SigNoz | Monitoring Tools Comparison

Compare Netdata vs SigNoz: OpenTelemetry traces, metrics and logs on agents you already run vs SigNoz's ClickHouse-based APM with service maps.

Netdata vs KloudFuse | Monitoring Tools Comparison

Compare Netdata vs KloudFuse: per-second metrics, logs and OpenTelemetry traces on your own agents, 60-second deployment and published pricing vs a BYOC data lake.

Academy

What Is Distributed Tracing How It Works And Use Cases

A complete guide to understanding request flows in modern distributed systems

What Is OpenTelemetry How It Works Benefits and Use Cases

Unpacking the open-source standard for observability and how to use it effectively

The Three Pillars Of Observability Logs Metrics And Traces

Unlocking Comprehensive System Insight Through Logs- Metrics- and Traces

LLM Observability and Monitoring A Comprehensive Guide

Dive deep into managing and understanding LLM application performance - from tracing to cost optimization - ensuring your AI systems deliver value.

What Is Application Performance Monitoring (APM)?

A Practical Guide To Understanding APM & Why It Matters

What Is Observability? Definition, Benefits & How It Works

Understanding Observability In Modern Infrastructure

Resources

Best Distributed Tracing Tools (2026): 10 Ranked and Reviewed

The 10 best distributed tracing tools for 2026, ranked on OpenTelemetry support, trace exploration and storage you operate. Netdata, Jaeger, Tempo and more.

Webinar: Introducing Distributed Tracing in Netdata

Netdata now ingests OpenTelemetry traces. Join us for the first live demo of the new Traces tab: duration heatmap, trace waterfall and span details, next to the metrics and logs you already collect.

Blog

Distributed Tracing In Netdata: OpenTelemetry Traces

Point your OpenTelemetry SDKs or Collector at a Netdata Agent and follow every request across your services, next to the metrics and logs you already have.

OpenTelemetry and Netdata, Today

Stand up an OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline, point it at Netdata, and skip the per-metric bill.

Other

OpenTelemetry Backend

Netdata is a native OpenTelemetry (OTEL) backend with OTLP ingestion for metrics, logs and traces. Per-second metrics with ML anomaly detection, a Traces tab with heatmap and waterfall, infrastructure context from 800+ collectors, and no per-metric or per-series charges.