Comparison

Datadog APM vs Glowroot

On the evidence we track, Datadog APM 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.

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Datadog APM63
Glowroot53
Score
Vioscale score
Datadog APM63 / 100low · 48%
Glowroot53 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Model
Datadog APMcommercial
Glowrootopen_source
Price level
Datadog APM
Glowrootfree
Transparent
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Integrations
Count
Datadog APM35
Glowroot50
Security
Disclosure policy
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Gdpr
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Iso27001
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Scorecard
Datadog APM
Glowroot4.2
Soc2
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Reliability
Status page
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Adoption
Dependent repos
Datadog APM
Glowroot13
Github stars
Datadog APM
Glowroot1,355
Activity
Commits last 30d
Datadog APM
Glowroot27
Release
Cadence days
Datadog APM
Glowroot19
History
Datadog APM
Glowroot20 items
License
Spdx
Datadog APM
GlowrootApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Datadog APM
GlowrootJava
Market
Availability
Glowroot

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Datadog APM

Leader

An observability platform providing code-level distributed tracing across web and mobile frontends, backend services, and databases. Correlates traces with logs, metrics, real-user monitoring data, and security signals to enable teams to detect root causes quickly and optimize application performance.

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.

Datadog APM

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
Datadog APM
Glowroot
iOS
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Android
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Datadog APM
Glowroot
Self-hosted
Datadog APM
Glowroot

Integrations

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

Datadog APM

Leader
5 total
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud Security Command Center
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Google Cloud Dataflow
Independently observed

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.