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Comparison

Glowroot vs Kamon

No leader: the top candidate Kamon has only 0.21 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Glowroot50
Kamon54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Glowroot50 / 100medium · 53%
Kamon54 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tier
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Model
Glowrootopen_source
Kamonfreemium
Price level
Glowrootfree
Kamonhigh
Transparent
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Integrations
Count
Glowroot50
Kamon10
Security
Gdpr
Glowroot–
Kamon✓
Scorecard
Glowroot5.2
Kamon–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Glowroot✓
Kamon–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Glowroot13
Kamon–
Github stars
Glowroot1,358
Kamon–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Glowroot10
Kamon–
Release
Cadence days
Glowroot27
Kamon–
History
Glowroot20 items
Kamon–
License
Spdx
GlowrootApache-2.0
Kamon–
Language
Primary
GlowrootJava
Kamon–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Glowroot6 items
Kamon7 items

Capabilities

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

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Distributed tracing
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Insight
Service map
Glowroot-
Kamon✓
Code / continuous profiling
Glowroot✓
Kamon✗
Database monitoring
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Error analytics
Glowroot✓
Kamon✗
Real-user monitoring
Glowroot-
Kamon✗
SLO / error-budget tracking
Glowroot-
Kamon✗
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Glowroot-
Kamon✗
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
GlowrootNone
Kamon-
Core
Language agents
GlowrootJava
KamonScala, Akka, Play Framework, Cats Effect, Akka HTTP, Lagom
Deployment
Hosting
GlowrootSelf-hosted only
KamonCloud only

What each one is

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

Glowroot

A lightweight APM solution for Java applications that helps identify performance bottlenecks and understand application behavior with low overhead and straightforward deployment options.

Independently observed

Kamon

Application performance monitoring platform providing metrics and distributed tracing for backend services. Supports open-source Kamon Telemetry instrumentation and integrates with Prometheus, Jaeger, and other observability tools.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Glowroot

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free

as of verify ↗

Kamon

from $89/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $89/mo. Free tier includes 5K metrics and 10M spans/month. Fixed subscription with transparent add-ons, no surprise overage charges.

  • StarterFree
    • High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin
    • End-to-end distributed tracing
    • Service map with dependencies and realtime status
    • Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services
    • Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts
    • +4 more
  • Teams$89/mo - 10K metrics, 100M spans/mo, 20 team members
    • High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin
    • End-to-end distributed tracing
    • Service map with dependencies and realtime status
    • Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services
    • Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts
    • +7 more
  • Business$299/mo - 30K metrics, 500M spans/mo, 50 team members
    • High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin
    • End-to-end distributed tracing
    • Service map with dependencies and realtime status
    • Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services
    • Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts
    • +7 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom metrics capacity
    • Custom span limits
    • Custom data retention
    • Dedicated support
    • Volume discounts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Glowroot✓
Kamon✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Glowroot✗
Kamon✓
Self-hosted
Glowroot✓
Kamon✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Play Framework

Glowroot

39 total - 38 not shared
  • 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
  • Quartz Scheduler
  • +14 more
Independently observed

Kamon

10 total - 9 not shared
  • Prometheus
  • Jaeger
  • Datadog
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Akka
  • Cats Effect
  • Lagom Framework
  • Akka HTTP
Independently observed
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Glowroot or Kamon: which one depends on you

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