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Comparison

Blackfire vs Pinpoint APM

On the evidence we track, Blackfire leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Blackfire full profile →Pinpoint APM full profile →
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★Blackfire64
Pinpoint APM57
Score
Vioscale score
Blackfire64 / 100medium · 72%
Pinpoint APM57 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Blackfire✗
Pinpoint APM–
Model
Blackfirecommercial
Pinpoint APMopen_source
Price level
Blackfiremid
Pinpoint APMfree
Transparent
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Integrations
Count
Blackfire6
Pinpoint APM64
Security
Disclosure policy
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Hipaa
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Iso27001
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Pci
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Scorecard
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM4.7
Soc2
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM56
Github stars
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM13,861
Activity
Commits last 30d
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM100
Release
Cadence days
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM84
History
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APM20 items
License
Spdx
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APMApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Blackfire–
Pinpoint APMJava

Capabilities

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

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Distributed tracing
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Insight
Service map
Blackfire-
Pinpoint APM✓
Code / continuous profiling
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Database monitoring
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Error analytics
Blackfire-
Pinpoint APM✓
Real-user monitoring
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Blackfire-
Pinpoint APM-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Blackfire-
Pinpoint APM-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Blackfire-
Pinpoint APM-
Core
Language agents
BlackfirePHP, Python
Pinpoint APMJava, PHP, Python
Deployment
Hosting
BlackfireCloud only
Pinpoint APMSelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

Blackfire

Leader

Blackfire is an Application Performance Management platform offering both monitoring and profiling solutions for PHP and Python applications. It helps teams identify performance bottlenecks, optimize code, and prevent production crises with automated profiling and actionable recommendations.

Independently observed

Pinpoint APM

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Blackfire

Leader
from €33.25/moSubscription

From €33.25/month (Development, annual) to €158.25/month (Production, annual with 2 months free). Demo environment available; free plan for GitHub Student Developer Pack members.

  • Production€158.25/month billed yearly (2 months free) or €189.90/month
    • Profiling
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Continuous Profiling
    • Alerting
    • Continuous Testing
    • +16 more
  • Development€33.25/month billed yearly (yearly only)
    • Profiling
    • Manual assertions
    • Upsun integration
as of verify ↗

Pinpoint APM

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
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✓
CLI
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Blackfire✓
Pinpoint APM✗
Self-hosted
Blackfire✗
Pinpoint APM✓

Integrations

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

Blackfire

Leader
6 total
  • PHPUnit
  • Symfony Functional Tests
  • Behat
  • GitHub Education
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Upsun
Independently observed

Pinpoint APM

50 total
  • Tomcat
  • Jetty
  • JBoss EAP
  • Websphere
  • Vertx
  • Weblogic
  • Undertow
  • Akka HTTP
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring WebFlux
  • Spring Cloud Sleuth
  • Ktor
  • Apache HttpClient
  • JDK HttpClient
  • GoogleHttpClient
  • OkHttpClient
  • NingAsyncHttpClient
  • Netty
  • Thrift
  • DUBBO
  • gRPC
  • Apache CXF
  • ActiveMQ
  • +26 more
Independently observed

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