Jaeger

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★★★★½4.4(184 reviews)

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Open-source distributed tracing platform originally developed by Uber for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices-based architectures.

Overview

Jaeger is the go-to open-source distributed tracing solution for Kubernetes and microservices environments, offering production-proven reliability as a CNCF graduated project, though it requires operational investment to run effectively.

observability distributed-tracing devops microservices open-source

Pros

+Fully open source and CNCF graduated project
+Excellent for debugging microservices latency
+Strong OpenTelemetry integration

Cons

-Requires significant infrastructure to run at scale
-UI less polished than commercial alternatives
-Storage backend setup can be complex

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