Comparison

Azure Application Insights vs Glowroot

On the evidence we track, Azure Application Insights leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Azure Application Insights63
Glowroot53
Score
Vioscale score
Azure Application Insights63 / 100low · 39%
Glowroot53 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Model
Azure Application Insightscommercial
Glowrootopen_source
Price level
Azure Application Insights
Glowrootfree
Transparent
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Integrations
Count
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot50
Security
Fedramp
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Gdpr
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Hipaa
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Iso27001
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Pci
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Scorecard
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot4.2
Soc2
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Reliability
Status page
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Adoption
Dependent repos
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot13
Github stars
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot1,355
Activity
Commits last 30d
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot27
Release
Cadence days
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot19
History
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot20 items
License
Spdx
Azure Application Insights
GlowrootApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Azure Application Insights
GlowrootJava

Capabilities

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

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot
Distributed tracing
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot
Insight
Service map
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot-
Code / continuous profiling
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot
Database monitoring
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot
Error analytics
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot
Real-user monitoring
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Azure Application Insights-
Glowroot-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Azure Application Insights-
GlowrootNone
Core
Language agents
Azure Application Insights-
GlowrootJava
Deployment
Hosting
Azure Application Insights-
GlowrootSelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

Azure Application Insights

Leader

An observability platform that provides visibility into application and infrastructure performance, helping teams detect and address performance issues.

Independently observed

Glowroot

Glowroot is a Java application performance monitoring (APM) tool that captures request traces, provides continuous profiling, response time analysis, and database monitoring with extensive library and framework instrumentation.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Azure Application Insights

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Glowroot

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot
Deployment
Self-hosted
Azure Application Insights
Glowroot

Integrations

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

Azure Application Insights

Leader

Not documented yet.

Glowroot

39 total
  • Apache Camel
  • Cassandra
  • EJB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Grails
  • Hibernate
  • Apache HttpClient
  • Apache HttpAsyncClient
  • AsyncHttpClient
  • OkHttp
  • JavaMail
  • JAX-RS
  • JAX-WS
  • JDBC
  • JMS
  • JSF
  • JSP
  • Kafka
  • JUL
  • Log4j
  • Logback
  • MongoDB
  • Netty
  • Play Framework
  • +15 more
Independently observed

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