# Elastic APM vs Pyroscope

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Pyroscope

| Attribute | Elastic APM | Pyroscope |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.8 (57% (medium)) | 61.6 (59% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 32 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 6 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,271 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Application performance monitoring solution built on OpenTelemetry that automatically instruments applications, visualizes service dependencies, and identifies performance issues through distributed tracing and root cause analysis. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What is Elastic APM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Open Source, Platinum and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"How much does Elastic APM cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What platforms does Elastic APM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Elastic APM can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"Can Elastic APM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 28 integrations for Elastic APM, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Jina AI, Amazon Bedrock, Aryn, LlamaIndex, Red Hat and Microsoft Azure AI, plus 20 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What does Elastic APM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"Where is Elastic APM available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"What is Pyroscope?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pyroscope offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.05. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"Is Pyroscope free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pyroscope supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"What platforms does Pyroscope support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pyroscope, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"Can Pyroscope be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Pyroscope. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pyroscope not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.grafana.com","question":"What security certifications does Pyroscope have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Application performance monitoring solution built on OpenTelemetry that automatically instruments applications, visualizes service dependencies, and identifies performance issues through distributed tracing and root cause analysis. | Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","languages":"Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, PHP, iOS, Android","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","slo_tracking":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","code_profiling":true,"distributed_tracing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 28 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Jina AI"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Aryn"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"Red Hat"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure AI"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud"},{"name":"IBM watsonx"},{"name":"Unstructured.io"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Apache Hive"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"IBM Resilient"},{"name":"xMatters"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Elasticsearch-Hadoop"},{"name":"Vectorize.io","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Grafana"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["Elasticsearch search engine and vector database","Kibana visualization and analytics interface","Data ingestion with OTel, Logstash, and Beats","Basic authentication and RBAC","TLS encryption","APM, logging, and metrics","Community support and documentation"],"description":"Free, self-managed Elasticsearch Stack including core APM, logging, and security features","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Platinum","features":["SSO, LDAP/Active Directory, field/document-level security","Automated anomaly detection for logs and metrics","ELSER semantic search models","Cross-cluster replication for high availability","Service maps from APM data","Tail-based trace sampling","Service Level Objectives (SLOs)","APM root cause correlation","Premium support (24/7/365)"],"description":"Advanced security, machine learning anomaly detection, and high availability features","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Searchable snapshots for long-term low-cost storage","Attack Discovery automated alert triage","Universal Profiling for code-level performance data","Cross-cluster search with advanced security","Elastic Agent Builder for RAG and search development","Jina AI models for semantic search and reranking","Inference Service Management for third-party LLMs","Hybrid search capabilities","Elastic Workflows for incident response automation","AI Assistant for Observability guidance","Endpoint detection and response actions"],"description":"Full-stack capabilities including searchable snapshots, AI-assisted investigation, universal profiling, and advanced orchestration","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open source self-managed. Platinum and Enterprise tiers available via contact sales. 14-day free trial for Elastic Cloud.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:46:29.895Z","freeTrialDays":14}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage","Community support","14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Always free, perfect for personal projects and early-stage startups","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"From $19/month + usage with volume discounts","features":["Pay as you go above Free tier","8×5 email support","13 months retention for metrics; 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Self-serve pay-as-you-go with volume discounts","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $25,000/year","features":["Premium support","Custom retention","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-service for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with $0 cost. Pro from $19/month + usage. Enterprise from $25,000/year.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:12:09.793Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.05,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.5","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.8","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.23","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.22","date":"2026-09-23T15:20:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.4","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.7","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.3","date":"2026-09-03T10:08:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.6","date":"2026-09-01T12:51:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.21","date":"2026-09-01T12:53:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.2","date":"2026-08-20T16:43:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.1","date":"2026-08-11T17:57:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.5","date":"2026-08-11T17:57:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.20","date":"2026-08-11T18:23:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.0","date":"2026-08-04T11:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.4","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.3.8","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.19","date":"2026-07-21T13:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.3","date":"2026-06-30T15:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.18","date":"2026-06-30T16:56:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.3.7","date":"2026-06-30T16:47:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.7"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.9 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.elastic.co/legal/ethics-and-compliance | https://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Felastic%2Fapm-server%2Fapprovaltest&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | Elastic APM | Pyroscope |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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, .NET, Python, Node.js, PHP, iOS, Android | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T05:46:32.079Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*