Comparison

Pinpoint APM vs Scout APM

On the evidence we track, Pinpoint APM leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Pinpoint APM full profile →Scout APM full profile →

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★Pinpoint APM57

Scout APM50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Pinpoint APMLeader	Scout APM
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 53%	50 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	64	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.7	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	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	56	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,861	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	84	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Pinpoint APM57 / 100medium · 53%

Scout APM50 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Pinpoint APM–

Scout APM✓

Model

Pinpoint APMopen_source

Scout APMfreemium

Price level

Pinpoint APMfree

Scout APMlow

Transparent

Pinpoint APM–

Scout APM✗

Integrations

Count

Pinpoint APM64

Scout APM4

Security

Gdpr

Pinpoint APM–

Scout APM✓

Scorecard

Pinpoint APM4.7

Scout APM–

Vulnerabilities

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

Scout APM–

Reliability

Status page

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Pinpoint APM56

Scout APM–

Github stars

Pinpoint APM13,861

Scout APM–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Pinpoint APM100

Scout APM–

Release

Cadence days

Pinpoint APM84

Scout APM–

History

Pinpoint APM20 items

Scout APM–

License

Spdx

Pinpoint APMApache-2.0

Scout APM–

Language

Primary

Pinpoint APMJava

Scout APM–

Market

Availability

Pinpoint APM–

Scout APMAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for APM Tools
Capability	Pinpoint APM	Scout 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	-	OTel-native
Core
Language agents	Java, PHP, Python	Ruby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Elixir
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud only

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Distributed tracing

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Insight

Service map

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM-

Code / continuous profiling

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Database monitoring

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Error analytics

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✓

Real-user monitoring

Pinpoint APM-

Scout APM-

SLO / error-budget tracking

Pinpoint APM-

Scout APM-

Intelligence

Anomaly / root-cause AI

Pinpoint APM-

Scout APM✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

Pinpoint APM-

Scout APMOTel-native

Core

Language agents

Pinpoint APMJava, PHP, Python

Scout APMRuby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Elixir

Deployment

Hosting

Pinpoint APMSelf-hosted only

Scout APMCloud only

What each one is

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

Pinpoint APM

Leader

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

Scout APM

Application monitoring platform for development teams providing error tracking, application performance monitoring, and log management in one tool. AI-native with MCP server, CLI, and API integration for coding agents.

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

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Scout APM

HybridFree tier

Monthly subscription with usage fees. Free tier available for open source projects.

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	Pinpoint APM	Scout APM
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✗

CLI

Pinpoint APM✗

Scout APM✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Pinpoint APM✗

Scout APM✓

Self-hosted

Pinpoint APM✓

Scout APM✗

Integrations

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

Pinpoint APM

Leader

50 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
+26 more

Independently observed

Scout APM

4 total

Slack
PagerDuty
Discord
Email

Independently observed

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