# Pinpoint APM vs Scout APM

| Attribute | Pinpoint APM | Scout APM |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 52.1 (53% (medium)) | 49.9 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 56 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,866 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What is Pinpoint APM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pinpoint APM is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"Is Pinpoint APM free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Pinpoint APM. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What platforms does Pinpoint APM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pinpoint APM can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"Can Pinpoint APM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 47 integrations for Pinpoint APM, including Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss EAP, Websphere, Vertx, Weblogic, Undertow and Akka HTTP, plus 39 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","question":"What does Pinpoint APM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pinpoint APM is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint","question":"Is Pinpoint APM open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based monitoring solution offering error monitoring, application performance analysis, and log management capabilities in a unified interface. Designed to help developers quickly identify and resolve performance issues, bugs, and log analysis problems. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://scoutapm.com","question":"What is Scout APM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Scout APM offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://scoutapm.com","question":"Is Scout APM free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Scout APM supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://scoutapm.com","question":"What platforms does Scout APM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Scout APM, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://scoutapm.com","question":"Can Scout APM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Scout APM, including Slack, PagerDuty, Discord and Email. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://scoutapm.com","question":"What does Scout APM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Scout APM. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Scout APM not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://scoutapm.com/privacy","question":"What security certifications does Scout APM have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A management system for monitoring applications across interconnected systems, tracking how requests flow through components to identify bottlenecks and performance issues without code instrumentation. | A monitoring platform that consolidates error tracking, application performance monitoring, and log management in a single interface, designed for developer teams with direct integration into AI coding tools via MCP, CLI, and API. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","languages":"Java, PHP, Python","service_map":true,"db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","languages":"Ruby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Elixir","otel_support":"native","db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Tomcat"},{"name":"Jetty"},{"name":"JBoss EAP"},{"name":"Websphere"},{"name":"Vertx"},{"name":"Weblogic"},{"name":"Undertow"},{"name":"Akka HTTP"},{"name":"Spring"},{"name":"Spring Boot"},{"name":"Spring WebFlux"},{"name":"Spring Cloud Sleuth"},{"name":"Ktor"},{"name":"Apache HttpClient"},{"name":"JDK HttpClient"},{"name":"GoogleHttpClient"},{"name":"OkHttpClient"},{"name":"NingAsyncHttpClient"},{"name":"Netty"},{"name":"Thrift"},{"name":"DUBBO"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Apache CXF"},{"name":"ActiveMQ"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"RocketMQ"},{"name":"Pulsar"},{"name":"Paho MQTT"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"MSSQL"},{"name":"CUBRID"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"Informix"},{"name":"DB2"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Dameng"},{"name":"Arcus"},{"name":"Memcached"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Hbase"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"iBATIS"},{"name":"MyBatis"},{"name":"DBCP"},{"name":"HIKARICP"},{"name":"JDK HttpConnector"},{"name":"Redisson"},{"name":"AWS SDK S3"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Zapier","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:23:31.607Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Monthly subscription with usage fees. Free tier available for open source projects.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://scoutapm.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:44:34.667Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| release.cadence_days | 88 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.1.1","date":"2026-10-02T06:04:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2026-05-20T23:14:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.5","date":"2026-04-01T23:30:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.4","date":"2025-11-10T08:25:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.3","date":"2025-06-12T06:19:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.2","date":"2025-03-19T09:50:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2024-10-23T03:51:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2024-05-30T07:48:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.4","date":"2024-04-18T10:24:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.3","date":"2023-10-11T01:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2023-06-14T01:57:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.1-p1","date":"2023-06-13T05:20:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1-p1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2023-04-12T07:55:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2022-12-27T09:54:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.2","date":"2022-09-30T08:08:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2022-08-04T06:11:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2022-05-30T07:42:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.4.0-RC1","date":"2022-05-10T07:35:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.3.3","date":"2021-12-22T04:36:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2021-12-13T05:47:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.7 | - |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:56:53.764Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*