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Comparison

Glowroot vs Pinpoint APM

No clear leader: Pinpoint APM (52.1) and Glowroot (50.1) 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.

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Glowroot50
Pinpoint APM52
Score
vioscaleAI score
Glowroot50 / 100medium · 53%
Pinpoint APM52 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Glowroot✓
Pinpoint APM–
Model
Glowrootopen_source
Pinpoint APMopen_source
Price level
Glowrootfree
Pinpoint APMfree
Transparent
Glowroot✓
Pinpoint APM–
Integrations
Count
Glowroot50
Pinpoint APM10
Security
Scorecard
Glowroot5.2
Pinpoint APM4.7
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Glowroot✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Glowroot13
Pinpoint APM56
Github stars
Glowroot1,358
Pinpoint APM13,866
Activity
Commits last 30d
Glowroot10
Pinpoint APM100
Release
Cadence days
Glowroot27
Pinpoint APM88
History
Glowroot20 items
Pinpoint APM20 items
License
Spdx
GlowrootApache-2.0
Pinpoint APMApache-2.0
Language
Primary
GlowrootJava
Pinpoint APMJava
Content
Faq
Glowroot6 items
Pinpoint APM6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Pinpoint APM

A management system for monitoring applications across interconnected systems, tracking how requests flow through components to identify bottlenecks and performance issues without code 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 sourceFree tier

Open source, free

as of verify ↗

Pinpoint APM

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
Glowroot✓
Pinpoint APM✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Glowroot✗
Pinpoint APM✓
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

53 total - 40 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
  • +16 more
Independently observed
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