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Comparison

Glowroot vs Lumigo

On the evidence we track, Lumigo leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Glowroot50
★Lumigo55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Glowroot50 / 100medium · 53%
Lumigo55 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✓
Model
Glowrootopen_source
Lumigofree
Price level
Glowrootfree
Lumigofree
Transparent
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✗
Integrations
Count
Glowroot50
Lumigo8
Security
Gdpr
Glowroot–
Lumigo✓
Hipaa
Glowroot–
Lumigo✓
Scorecard
Glowroot5.2
Lumigo–
Soc2
Glowroot–
Lumigo✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Glowroot13
Lumigo–
Github stars
Glowroot1,358
Lumigo–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Glowroot10
Lumigo–
Release
Cadence days
Glowroot27
Lumigo–
History
Glowroot20 items
Lumigo–
License
Spdx
GlowrootApache-2.0
Lumigo–
Language
Primary
GlowrootJava
Lumigo–
Content
Faq
Glowroot6 items
Lumigo6 items

Capabilities

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

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✓
Distributed tracing
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✓
Insight
Service map
Glowroot-
Lumigo✓
Code / continuous profiling
Glowroot✓
Lumigo-
Database monitoring
Glowroot✓
Lumigo-
Error analytics
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✓
Real-user monitoring
Glowroot-
Lumigo-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Glowroot-
Lumigo-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Glowroot-
Lumigo✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
GlowrootNone
LumigoOTel-native
Core
Language agents
GlowrootJava
LumigoPython, Node.js, Java, Go
Deployment
Hosting
GlowrootSelf-hosted only
LumigoCloud + self-hosted

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

Lumigo

Leader

Lumigo provides observability for cloud-native and serverless applications. It offers distributed tracing, automated error detection, real-time monitoring, and microservices insights to help developers quickly identify and resolve performance and reliability issues.

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 ↗

Lumigo

Leader
from $119/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.

  • BasicFree
    • 150k Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 5GB/mo Logs
    • 3 Days Log Retention
    • 5GB/mo Metrics
    • +3 more
  • Standard$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly
    • 1M Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 40GB/mo Logs
    • 7 Days Log Retention
    • 40GB/mo Metrics
    • +4 more
  • Plus$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly
    • 5M Traces/mo
    • 14 Day Trace Retention
    • 100GB/mo Logs
    • 30 Days Log Retention
    • 100GB/mo Metrics
    • +4 more
  • CustomContact sales
    • Custom Traces
    • Custom Trace Retention
    • Custom Log Volume
    • Custom Log Retention
    • Custom Metrics
    • +9 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✓
Lumigo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Glowroot✗
Lumigo✓
Self-hosted
Glowroot✓
Lumigo✗

Integrations

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

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

Lumigo

Leader
11 total
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Serverless Framework
  • CircleCI
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon ECS
  • AWS CDK
  • AWS CloudWatch
Independently observed
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