# AppDynamics vs Pinpoint APM

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** AppDynamics

| Attribute | AppDynamics | Pinpoint APM |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 60.5 (71% (medium)) | 52.1 (53% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 56 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 13,866 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"AppDynamics provides visibility into application performance and infrastructure health in hybrid and on-premises deployments, correlating performance metrics with business impact while using AI to detect anomalies, identify security threats, and track user experiences. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","question":"What is AppDynamics?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to AppDynamics. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/en_us/products/pricing.html","question":"What platforms does AppDynamics support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AppDynamics can be deployed hybrid and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","question":"Can AppDynamics be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AppDynamics. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AppDynamics not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/security","question":"What security certifications does AppDynamics have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A monitoring tool that traces transaction flows across distributed system components to reveal application topology, performance bottlenecks, and transaction details. Provides code-level visibility with minimal performance overhead through agent-based instrumentation. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What is Pinpoint APM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pinpoint APM is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"Is Pinpoint APM free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Pinpoint APM. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What platforms does Pinpoint APM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pinpoint APM can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"Can Pinpoint APM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 47 integrations for Pinpoint APM, including Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss EAP, Websphere, Vertx, Weblogic, Undertow and Akka HTTP, plus 39 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What does Pinpoint APM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pinpoint APM is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint","question":"Is Pinpoint APM open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A full-stack application performance monitoring platform that provides real-time visibility into application issues, enables root-cause diagnosis across the entire technology stack, and correlates performance with business outcomes. | A management system for monitoring applications across interconnected systems, tracking how requests flow through components to identify bottlenecks and performance issues without code instrumentation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rum":true,"hosting":"both","otel_support":"native","db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","languages":"Java, PHP, Python","service_map":true,"db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Tomcat"},{"name":"Jetty"},{"name":"JBoss EAP"},{"name":"Websphere"},{"name":"Vertx"},{"name":"Weblogic"},{"name":"Undertow"},{"name":"Akka HTTP"},{"name":"Spring"},{"name":"Spring Boot"},{"name":"Spring WebFlux"},{"name":"Spring Cloud Sleuth"},{"name":"Ktor"},{"name":"Apache HttpClient"},{"name":"JDK HttpClient"},{"name":"GoogleHttpClient"},{"name":"OkHttpClient"},{"name":"NingAsyncHttpClient"},{"name":"Netty"},{"name":"Thrift"},{"name":"DUBBO"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Apache CXF"},{"name":"ActiveMQ"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"RocketMQ"},{"name":"Pulsar"},{"name":"Paho MQTT"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"MSSQL"},{"name":"CUBRID"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"Informix"},{"name":"DB2"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Dameng"},{"name":"Arcus"},{"name":"Memcached"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Hbase"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"iBATIS"},{"name":"MyBatis"},{"name":"DBCP"},{"name":"HIKARICP"},{"name":"JDK HttpConnector"},{"name":"Redisson"},{"name":"AWS SDK S3"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:54.237Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:23:31.607Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 88 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.1.1","date":"2026-10-02T06:04:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2026-05-20T23:14:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.5","date":"2026-04-01T23:30:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.4","date":"2025-11-10T08:25:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.3","date":"2025-06-12T06:19:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.2","date":"2025-03-19T09:50:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2024-10-23T03:51:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2024-05-30T07:48:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.4","date":"2024-04-18T10:24:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.3","date":"2023-10-11T01:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2023-06-14T01:57:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.1-p1","date":"2023-06-13T05:20:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1-p1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2023-04-12T07:55:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2022-12-27T09:54:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.2","date":"2022-09-30T08:08:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2022-08-04T06:11:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2022-05-30T07:42:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.0-RC1","date":"2022-05-10T07:35:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.3.3","date":"2021-12-22T04:36:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2021-12-13T05:47:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.navercorp.pinpoint%3Apinpoint-profiler&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | AppDynamics | Pinpoint APM |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Instrumentation** |  |  |
| Auto-instrumentation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | - | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Service map | - | ✓ |
| Code / continuous profiling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Database monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Error analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | ✓ | - |
| SLO / error-budget tracking | - | - |
| **Intelligence** |  |  |
| Anomaly / root-cause AI | ✓ | - |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTel-native | - |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | - | Java, PHP, Python |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Self-hosted only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:41.189Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*