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Get Started - APM and Distributed Tracing

SigNoz APM uses OpenTelemetry to instrument your applications, providing service dependency maps, latency and error-rate dashboards, and full trace-level visibility to pinpoint performance bottlenecks.

SigNoz APM and Distributed Tracing

Quick Start

Get started with SigNoz Cloud's guided onboarding, no local install. You'll instrument your app and see your first traces in minutes.

Step 1: Instrument Your Application

Select your language or framework to add OpenTelemetry instrumentation and start sending traces to SigNoz:

Step 2: Explore Your Data in SigNoz

Once traces are flowing, use SigNoz to monitor and debug your applications:

Services View

See all instrumented services with real-time throughput, latency, and error rate metrics. The service dependency map shows how services interact. Learn more →

SigNoz Services View
Services overview with dependency map

Traces Explorer

Filter and search traces by service, operation, status, duration, or any span attribute. Drill into individual traces to see flamegraphs and Gantt charts. Learn more →

SigNoz Traces View
Trace analysis with flamegraphs

APM Dashboards

Pre-built dashboards show p99 latency, error rates, Apdex scores, and throughput based on Traces.

SigNoz APM Dashboards
Pre-built APM dashboards

Next Steps

Last updated: February 2, 2026

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