# Kamon vs Lumigo

| Attribute | Kamon | Lumigo |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.7 (21% (low)) | 53 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Application performance monitoring platform providing metrics and distributed tracing for backend services. Supports open-source Kamon Telemetry instrumentation and integrates with Prometheus, Jaeger, and other observability tools. | Lumigo is an AI-powered observability platform providing root cause analysis, distributed tracing, and log management for microservice environments across AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rum":false,"hosting":"cloud","languages":"Scala, Akka, Play Framework, Cats Effect, Akka HTTP, Lagom","service_map":true,"slo_tracking":false,"db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":false,"error_analytics":false,"anomaly_detection":false,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Akka"},{"name":"Play Framework"},{"name":"Cats Effect"},{"name":"Lagom Framework"},{"name":"Akka HTTP"}]` | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Serverless Framework"},{"name":"CircleCI"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"HR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free - 5K metrics, 10M spans/mo, 3 team members, 1-day retention","features":["High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin","End-to-end distributed tracing","Service map with dependencies and realtime status","Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services","Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts","Search traces by any tag","Analyze and compare metrics with smart filters and insights","Receive in-app and email alert notifications","Sandboxes for staging and development data"],"minSeats":3,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Great for getting started with observability in small projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"trace_spans":"10M/mo","data_retention":"1 day","unique_metrics":"5K"}},{"free":false,"name":"Teams","summary":"$89/mo - 10K metrics, 100M spans/mo, 20 team members","features":["High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin","End-to-end distributed tracing","Service map with dependencies and realtime status","Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services","Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts","Search traces by any tag","Analyze and compare metrics with smart filters and insights","Receive in-app and email alert notifications","Receive alert notifications via Slack and Pager Duty","Sandboxes for staging and development data","Onboarding workshops with the Kamon Telemetry developers","Custom instrumentation for in-house and unsupported libraries"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams getting serious about observability in production","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"trace_spans":"100M/mo","unique_metrics":"10K","spans_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"60 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$299/mo - 30K metrics, 500M spans/mo, 50 team members","features":["High-fidelity metrics with up to 1% error margin","End-to-end distributed tracing","Service map with dependencies and realtime status","Built-in integrations for HTTP, Database, and Akka services","Track CPU, memory, and file system usage for unlimited hosts","Search traces by any tag","Analyze and compare metrics with smart filters and insights","Receive in-app and email alert notifications","Receive alert notifications via Slack and Pager Duty","Sandboxes for staging and development data","Onboarding workshops with the Kamon Telemetry developers","Custom instrumentation for in-house and unsupported libraries"],"minSeats":50,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing organizations feeling the pains of scaling","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"trace_spans":"500M/mo","unique_metrics":"30K","spans_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"60 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $1499/mo - custom configuration","features":["Custom metrics capacity","Custom span limits","Custom data retention","Dedicated support","Volume discounts","Annual billing"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Custom capacity and data retention with dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional metrics capacity","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":90,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional spans","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":60,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $89/mo. Free tier includes 5K metrics and 10M spans/month. Fixed subscription with transparent add-ons, no surprise overage charges.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://kamon.io/apm/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:18:06.357Z","startingPrice":{"amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free","features":["150k Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","5GB/mo Logs","3 Days Log Retention","5GB/mo Metrics","3 Days Retention","Copilot Basic","Documentation"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB/mo","traces":"150k/mo","metrics":"5GB/mo","log_retention":"3 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"3 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly","features":["1M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","40GB/mo Logs","7 Days Log Retention","40GB/mo Metrics","7 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Great for small businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"40GB/mo","traces":"1M/mo","metrics":"40GB/mo","log_retention":"7 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly","features":["5M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","100GB/mo Logs","30 Days Log Retention","100GB/mo Metrics","30 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":359,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For multiple teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"100GB/mo","traces":"5M/mo","metrics":"100GB/mo","log_retention":"30 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Custom","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Custom Traces","Custom Trace Retention","Custom Log Volume","Custom Log Retention","Custom Metrics","Advanced AI RCA","AI insights","AI issue triage","Copilot in Slack & Teams","Custom seats","Chat & Email Support","Private Slack Channel","Success Manager","Professional Services"],"description":"Designed for enterprise","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://lumigo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:22:21.885Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | Kamon | Lumigo |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | Scala, Akka, Play Framework, Cats Effect, Akka HTTP, Lagom | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:16:56.070Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*