Comparison

Pinpoint APM vs Pyroscope

On the evidence we track, Pyroscope leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Pinpoint APM52
★Pyroscope62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Pinpoint APM52 / 100medium · 53%
Pyroscope62 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tier
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Model
Pinpoint APMopen_source
Pyroscopecommercial
Price level
Pinpoint APMfree
Pyroscopeunknown
Transparent
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Integrations
Count
Pinpoint APM10
Pyroscope1
Security
Disclosure policy
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Fedramp
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Gdpr
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Iso27001
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Pci
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Scorecard
Pinpoint APM4.7
Pyroscope–
Soc2
Pinpoint APM–
Pyroscope✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Pinpoint APM56
Pyroscope–
Github stars
Pinpoint APM13,866
Pyroscope–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Pinpoint APM100
Pyroscope–
Release
Cadence days
Pinpoint APM88
Pyroscope–
History
Pinpoint APM20 items
Pyroscope–
License
Spdx
Pinpoint APMApache-2.0
Pyroscope–
Language
Primary
Pinpoint APMJava
Pyroscope–
Content
Faq
Pinpoint APM6 items
Pyroscope5 items

Capabilities

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

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope-
Distributed tracing
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✓
Insight
Service map
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope-
Code / continuous profiling
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✓
Database monitoring
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope-
Error analytics
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope-
Real-user monitoring
Pinpoint APM-
Pyroscope-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Pinpoint APM-
Pyroscope-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Pinpoint APM-
Pyroscope-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Pinpoint APM-
Pyroscope-
Core
Language agents
Pinpoint APMJava, PHP, Python
Pyroscope-
Deployment
Hosting
Pinpoint APMSelf-hosted only
PyroscopeCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

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

Pyroscope

Leader

Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Pinpoint APM

Open source
as of verify ↗

Pyroscope

Leader
from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with $0 cost. Pro from $19/month + usage. Enterprise from $25,000/year.

  • FreeFree
    • All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
    • Community support
    • 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
  • ProFrom $19/month + usage with volume discounts
    • 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
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Premium support
    • Custom retention
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✓
CLI
Pinpoint APM✗
Pyroscope✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✓
Self-hosted
Pinpoint APM✓
Pyroscope✗

Integrations

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

Pinpoint APM

53 total
  • Tomcat
  • Jetty
  • JBoss EAP
  • Websphere
  • Vertx
  • Weblogic
  • Undertow
  • Akka HTTP
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring WebFlux
  • Spring Cloud Sleuth
  • Ktor
  • Apache HttpClient
  • JDK HttpClient
  • GoogleHttpClient
  • OkHttpClient
  • NingAsyncHttpClient
  • Netty
  • Thrift
  • DUBBO
  • gRPC
  • Apache CXF
  • ActiveMQ
  • +29 more
Independently observed

Pyroscope

Leader
1 total
  • Grafana
Independently observed
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Pinpoint APM or Pyroscope: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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