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Grafana Tempo

Grafana Tempo is an open-source, high-scale distributed tracing backend that requires only object storage to operate, making it cost-effective and easy to run. It integrates deeply with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki for seamless observability across metrics, logs, and traces.

Grafana Tempo publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Echo API, Metrics API, Ready API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Distributed Tracing, Grafana, Microservices, Observability, and Open-Source.

The Grafana Tempo catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Grafana Tempo’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, engineering blog, pricing, and 5 more developer resources.

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34.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
6 APIs
Distributed TracingGrafanaMicroservicesObservabilityOpen-Source

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 34.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Grafana Tempo Echo API

The Echo API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for echo.

Grafana Tempo Metrics API

The Metrics API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for metrics.

Grafana Tempo Ready API

The Ready API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for ready.

Grafana Tempo Search API

The Search API from Grafana Tempo — 5 operation(s) for search.

Grafana Tempo Status API

The Status API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for status.

Grafana Tempo Traces API

The Traces API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for traces.

Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo Metrics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo Ready API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP Echo Traces API

OPEN COLLECTION

Grafana Tempo HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Grafana Tempo Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Grafana Tempo Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Grafana Tempo Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Grafana Tempo API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Grafana Tempo Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Grafana Tempo Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, GDPR, CSA STAR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Grafana Tempo Agentic Access

10 operations

10 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: grafana-tempo
name: Grafana Tempo
description: Grafana Tempo is an open-source, high-scale distributed tracing backend that requires only object storage to
  operate, making it cost-effective and easy to run. It integrates deeply with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki for seamless
  observability across metrics, logs, and traces.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/grafana-tempo.png
tags:
- Distributed Tracing
- Grafana
- Microservices
- Observability
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Distributed Tracing
- Grafana
- Microservices
- Observability
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grafana-tempo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-echo-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Echo API
  description: The Echo API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for echo.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Echo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-echo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-metrics-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Metrics API
  description: The Metrics API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-ready-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Ready API
  description: The Ready API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for ready.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Ready
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-ready-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-search-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Search API
  description: The Search API from Grafana Tempo — 5 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-status-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Status API
  description: The Status API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for status.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: grafana-tempo:grafana-tempo-traces-api
  name: Grafana Tempo Traces API
  description: The Traces API from Grafana Tempo — 1 operation(s) for traces.
  humanURL: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  tags:
  - Traces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grafana-tempo-traces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/api_docs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/grafana-tempo-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/grafana-tempo-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/grafana-tempo-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/getting-started/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/grafana/tempo
- type: Blog
  url: https://grafana.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://grafana.com/pricing/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://grafana.com/integrations/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://grafana.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: All visualization integrations
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com