# Tempo: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 21 judge labels across 4 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tempo

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Telemetry pipelines](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/telemetry-pipelines/index.md) | 0% | 14 | 7% | 15 |
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 41 | 33% | 3 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 0% | 2 |
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 40 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Excellent if your engineering team prefers open-source standards, wants lower software costs, and has the internal bandwidth to manage dashboards." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, APM)
- "Tempo is cost-effective for traces compared with heavier distributed tracing backends." (GPT-5.4 mini, Telemetry pipelines)
- "Traces (Tempo) pipeline that automatically handles parsing, labeling, and buffering" (MiniMax M2.5, Telemetry pipelines)
- "self-hosted Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo when minimizing recurring costs matters most" (Perplexity Sonar, Telemetry pipelines)

## And against it

- "Jaeger/Tempo/Zipkin or Prometheus/Grafana alone when you expect a complete, turnkey APM experience" (Perplexity Sonar, APM)
- "Common for cost-conscious teams but lacks a unified "pipeline" layer." (Grok 4.20, Telemetry pipelines)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Tempo, from 36 of the 51 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 21
- grafana.com: 14
- newrelic.com: 12
- reddit.com: 12
- coralogix.com: 10
- dev.to: 10
- mezmo.com: 9
- netdata.cloud: 9
- apica.io: 8
- chronosphere.io: 8

### Pages cited

- https://opentelemetry.io/: 7
- https://chronosphere.io/learn/telemetry-pipeline-operational-guide: 6
- https://github.com/ahmedasmar/devops-claude-skills/blob/main/monitoring-observability/skills/references/tool_comparison.md: 6
- https://sherlocks.ai/blog/how-to-choose-observability-platform-2026: 6
- https://mezmo.com/blog/open-source-telemetry-pipelines-an-overview: 5
- https://middleware.io/blog/opentelemetry-tools: 5
- https://betterstack.com/community/comparisons/infrastructure-monitoring-tools.md: 4
- https://github.com/topics/telemetry-pipeline: 4

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Build invincible apps with Temporal's open source durable execution platform. (https://temporal.io/)
- For: developers building reliable, scalable applications using workflows and activities (https://temporal.io/)
- Price stated: Get $150 in free credits (https://temporal.io/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://temporal.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Try Free (https://temporal.io/)
- Certifications: HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
- Hosting: United States, Customer-Defined Jurisdiction, Customer-Defined Jurisdictions
- Customers named: OpenAI, NVIDIA, Salesforce, Twilio, Descript, Snapchat, Brex, Qualtrics

## What it publishes

Every page temporal.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 8302 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 428 pages, 45 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- case study: 47 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-22
- webinar or virtual event: 183 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-27
- conference or event: 23 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-04
- report or ebook: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 76 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-23
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 87 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-06
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-10-07
- news or press: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: A better job queue with temporal standalone activities https://temporal.io/blog/a-better-job-queue-with-temporal-standalone-activities
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Amazon bedrock agentcore with temporal serverless workers https://temporal.io/blog/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-with-temporal-serverless-workers
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Ai safety does not stop at the model https://temporal.io/blog/ai-safety-does-not-stop-at-the-model
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Authentication is a long running workflow https://temporal.io/blog/authentication-is-a-long-running-workflow
- Recent: 2026-09-14 blog: Paygo developer support https://temporal.io/blog/paygo-developer-support
- Recent: 2026-09-14 blog: Temporal raises $550M at a $12.55B valuation as demand grows for reliable AI infrastructure https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-raises-usd550m-series-e-at-usd12-55b-valuation-ai

## 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.