# SigNoz: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 83 judge labels across 8 categories by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/signoz

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 5% | 4 | 3% | 29 |
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 2% | 6 | 0% | 23 |
| [Telemetry pipelines](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/telemetry-pipelines/index.md) | 0% | 17 | 0% | 12 |
| [Log management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/log-management/index.md) | 0% | 17 | 0% | 9 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 25 | 0% | 4 |
| [Error and crash monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/error-and-crash-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 14 | 0% | 3 |
| [Data quality and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-quality-and-observability/index.md) | 0% | 35 | 0% | 2 |
| [AIOps platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/aiops-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 81 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Move to SigNoz Cloud when you need more capacity—it offers the best balance of simplicity, features, and predictable pricing" (MiniMax M2.5, Observability)
- "SigNoz (Best All-Around Value & Simplicity) ... widely considered the best open-source alternative to Datadog" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Observability)
- "The best observability platform for a company with a limited budget is SigNoz" (Llama 4 Maverick, Observability)
- "Open-source, predictable pricing, up to 80% cheaper than Datadog" (Kimi K2, Error monitoring)

## And against it

- "Signoz | Lacking documentation, inadequate customer support" (MiniMax M2.5, Observability)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SigNoz, from 179 of the 211 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- coralogix.com: 60
- signoz.io: 59 (its own site)
- newrelic.com: 56
- middleware.io: 53
- github.com: 52
- g2.com: 49
- atatus.com: 43
- cubeapm.com: 42
- dotcom-monitor.com: 41
- grafana.com: 41

### Pages cited

- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-observability-tools: 31
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-observability-platforms: 29
- https://last9.io/blog/best-observability-tools: 26
- https://sherlocks.ai/blog/how-to-choose-observability-platform-2026: 24
- https://ir.com/guides/top-observability-tools-comparison-2026-smbs-vs-enterprise-platforms: 21
- https://coralogix.com/guides/application-performance-monitoring-tools: 20
- https://manageengine.com/it-operations-management/application-observability/apm-tools-comparison.html: 20
- https://uptrace.dev/tools/top-observability-tools: 19

## In its own words

What SigNoz's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Open Source Datadog Alternative (https://signoz.io/)
- For: teams and AI agents (https://signoz.io/)
- Price stated: Simple usage-based pricing (https://signoz.io/)
- Starting price: $49/month (https://signoz.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Get Started — Free (https://signoz.io/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
- Hosting: us-east, US, EU, India
- Customers named: Alien Intelligence, Ariso, Armur AI, Auvik, Black Forest Labs, Blaxel, Cisco, Eltropy

## What it publishes

Every page signoz.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1817 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 310 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 266 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 152 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-22
- news or press: 41 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-22
- Recent: 2026-06-22 news or press: Archive https://newsletter.signoz.io/archive
- Recent: 2026-06-22 news or press: The world now has more bot traffic https://newsletter.signoz.io/p/the-world-now-has-more-bot-traffic
- Recent: 2026-06-09 news or press: How to read distributed traces when https://newsletter.signoz.io/p/how-to-read-distributed-traces-when
- Recent: 2026-05-24 news or press: Your observability tool just got https://newsletter.signoz.io/p/your-observability-tool-just-got
- Recent: 2026-05-03 news or press: Why should a trace id be 128 bits https://newsletter.signoz.io/p/why-should-a-trace-id-be-128-bits
- Recent: 2026-04-19 news or press: Our project hail mary the observability https://newsletter.signoz.io/p/our-project-hail-mary-the-observability

## 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.