# OpenTelemetry: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 4 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opentelemetry

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 2% | 8 | 0% | 5 |
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 0% | 4 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 2 |
| [Streaming platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/streaming-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "1. Open-Source Stack (Most Economical)
Prometheus + Grafana + OpenTelemetry

- Cost: Completely free (open source)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Observability)
- "For new infrastructure, consider the OpenTelemetry + Grafana stack for vendor independence" (Kimi K2, Infra monitoring)
- "To reduce lock-in, use OpenTelemetry where practical: it’s designed to be vendor-neutral and interoperable." (GPT-6 Luna, Observability)
- "Pick OpenTelemetry if: You're building a modern, multi-cloud stack with diverse instrumentation needs." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, APM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OpenTelemetry, from 18 of the 24 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 7
- newrelic.com: 6
- github.com: 4
- grafana.com: 4
- coralogix.com: 3
- dotcom-monitor.com: 3
- dupple.com: 3
- dynatrace.com: 3
- motadata.com: 3
- opentelemetry.io: 3 (its own site)

### Pages cited

- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-observability-tools: 3
- https://datadoghq.com/pricing/list: 2
- https://datamation.com/big-data/data-observability-tools: 2
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-observability-platforms: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/data-observability/small-business: 2
- https://github.com/openobserve/openobserve: 2
- https://last9.io/blog/best-observability-tools: 2
- https://logz.io/learn/observability-tools-platforms-guide: 2

## In its own words

What OpenTelemetry's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The open standard for telemetry (https://opentelemetry.io/)
- For: For Collector component developers (https://opentelemetry.io/docs/security/)
- Integrations claimed: 1163 (https://opentelemetry.io/)
- Customers named: Alibaba, eBay, GitHub, Heroku, Mercado Libre, Shopify, Skyscanner, UiPath

## What it publishes

Every page opentelemetry.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 6234 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 273 pages, 17 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-19
- glossary or explainer: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 13 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Exploring instrumentation ecosystem https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/exploring-instrumentation-ecosystem/
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Otel prometheus interoperability https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/otel-prometheus-interoperability/
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Gc elections https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/gc-elections/
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Dual dotnet metrics export with otlp and prometheus https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/dual-dotnet-metrics-export-with-otlp-and-prometheus/
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: K8s attributes processor v1 https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/k8s-attributes-processor-v1/
- Recent: 2026-09-11 blog: Environment variable context propagation https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/environment-variable-context-propagation/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.