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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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47.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
6 APIs
Distributed TracingGrafanaMicroservicesObservabilityOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 47.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 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 1

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

Grafana Tempo HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

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
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grafana-tempo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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