Comparison

Glowroot vs Pinpoint APM

No clear leader: Pinpoint APM (56.8) and Glowroot (52.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Glowroot full profile →Pinpoint APM full profile →

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Glowroot53

Pinpoint APM57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Glowroot	Pinpoint APM
Vioscale score	53 / 100medium · 53%	57 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	50	64
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.2	4.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.glowroot%3Aglowroot-agent-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.navercorp.pinpoint%3Apinpoint-profiler&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	13	56
Github starsadoption.github_stars	1,355	13,861
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	27	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	19	84
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	Java

Score

Vioscale score

Glowroot53 / 100medium · 53%

Pinpoint APM57 / 100medium · 53%

Pricing

Model

Glowrootopen_source

Pinpoint APMopen_source

Price level

Glowrootfree

Pinpoint APMfree

Transparent

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM–

Integrations

Count

Glowroot50

Pinpoint APM64

Security

Scorecard

Glowroot4.2

Pinpoint APM4.7

Vulnerabilities

GlowrootCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.glowroot%3Aglowroot-agent-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Pinpoint APMCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.navercorp.pinpoint%3Apinpoint-profiler&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Glowroot13

Pinpoint APM56

Github stars

Glowroot1,355

Pinpoint APM13,861

Activity

Commits last 30d

Glowroot27

Pinpoint APM100

Release

Cadence days

Glowroot19

Pinpoint APM84

History

Glowroot20 items

Pinpoint APM20 items

License

Spdx

GlowrootApache-2.0

Pinpoint APMApache-2.0

Language

Primary

GlowrootJava

Pinpoint APMJava

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for APM Tools
Capability	Glowroot	Pinpoint APM
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	None	-
Core
Language agents	Java	Java, PHP, Python
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Self-hosted only

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Distributed tracing

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Insight

Service map

Glowroot-

Pinpoint APM✓

Code / continuous profiling

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Database monitoring

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Error analytics

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Real-user monitoring

Glowroot-

Pinpoint APM-

SLO / error-budget tracking

Glowroot-

Pinpoint APM-

Intelligence

Anomaly / root-cause AI

Glowroot-

Pinpoint APM-

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

GlowrootNone

Pinpoint APM-

Core

Language agents

GlowrootJava

Pinpoint APMJava, PHP, Python

Deployment

Hosting

GlowrootSelf-hosted only

Pinpoint APMSelf-hosted only

What each one is

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

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

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.

Glowroot

Open source

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Pinpoint APM

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Glowroot	Pinpoint APM
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Glowroot✓

Pinpoint APM✓

Integrations

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

In common (13)

Cassandra
Elasticsearch
Apache HttpClient
Kafka
MongoDB
Netty
Redis
Vert.x
Tomcat
JBoss EAP
Jetty
WebLogic
WebSphere

Glowroot

39 total - 26 not shared

Apache Camel
EJB
Grails
Hibernate
Apache HttpAsyncClient
AsyncHttpClient
OkHttp
JavaMail
JAX-RS
JAX-WS
JDBC
JMS
JSF
JSP
JUL
Log4j
Logback
Play Framework
Quartz Scheduler
Servlets
Spring Framework
Struts
TomEE
Wildfly
+2 more

Independently observed

Pinpoint APM

50 total - 37 not shared

Undertow
Akka HTTP
Spring
Spring Boot
Spring WebFlux
Spring Cloud Sleuth
Ktor
JDK HttpClient
GoogleHttpClient
OkHttpClient
NingAsyncHttpClient
Thrift
DUBBO
gRPC
Apache CXF
ActiveMQ
RabbitMQ
RocketMQ
Pulsar
Paho MQTT
MySQL
Oracle
MSSQL
CUBRID
+13 more

Independently observed

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