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Comparison

Apache SkyWalking vs Tideways

On the evidence we track, Apache SkyWalking leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Apache SkyWalking53
Tideways47
Score
Vioscale score
Apache SkyWalking53 / 100medium · 54%
Tideways47 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✗
Model
Apache SkyWalkingopen_source
Tidewayscommercial
Price level
Apache SkyWalkingfree
Tidewaysmid
Transparent
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Integrations
Count
Apache SkyWalking14
Tideways7
Security
Gdpr
Apache SkyWalking–
Tideways✓
Pci
Apache SkyWalking–
Tideways✓
Scorecard
Apache SkyWalking7
Tideways–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Apache SkyWalking–
Tideways✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache SkyWalking106
Tideways–
Github stars
Apache SkyWalking24,930
Tideways–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache SkyWalking20
Tideways–
Release
Cadence days
Apache SkyWalking89
Tideways–
History
Apache SkyWalking20 items
Tideways–
License
Spdx
Apache SkyWalkingApache-2.0
Tideways–
Language
Primary
Apache SkyWalkingJava
Tideways–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Distributed tracing
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Insight
Service map
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways-
Code / continuous profiling
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Database monitoring
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Error analytics
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Real-user monitoring
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
SLO / error-budget tracking
Apache SkyWalking-
Tideways-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Apache SkyWalkingOTLP ingest
Tideways-
Core
Language agents
Apache SkyWalking10+ language agents supported
TidewaysPHP
Deployment
Hosting
Apache SkyWalkingCloud + self-hosted
TidewaysCloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache SkyWalking

Leader

An open-source observability platform combining distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and profiling in one interface. Provides automatic instrumentation across 10+ languages, interactive service topology visualization, database monitoring, and an AI assistant for answering observability questions in natural language.

Independently observed

Tideways

PHP application performance monitoring, profiling, and error tracking. Tideways shows where performance breaks down in production in real time.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache SkyWalking

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Tideways

from €29/moSubscription14-day trial

From 29€/month. 14-day free trial.

  • Team29€/month billed annually
    • Profiler, Monitoring, Error Tracking
    • Unlimited projects, services, transactions, users
    • Basic Alerting
    • Integrations: E-Mail, Slack, Microsoft Teams
  • Business89€/month billed annually
    • All Team features
    • Distributed Profiling
    • Traces in History
    • Advanced Tracepoint Triggers
    • Advanced Alerting
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited historical data
    • Technical Account Manager
    • Priority Support
    • SSO with Azure Active Directory
    • Wire Transfer, AWS Marketplace, custom payment terms
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
macOS
Apache SkyWalking✗
Tideways✓
Linux
Apache SkyWalking✗
Tideways✓
CLI
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✓
Self-hosted
Apache SkyWalking✓
Tideways✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apache SkyWalking

Leader
14 total
  • Apache APISIX
  • Grafana
  • OpenTelemetry Collector
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • OpenAI
  • WeChat Mini Program
  • Alipay Mini Program
  • Kafka
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Envoy
  • DeepSeek
  • Claude Sonnet
Independently observed

Tideways

5 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • OpsGenie
  • Splunk On-Call
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.