# Parca vs Pinpoint APM

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Pinpoint APM

| Attribute | Parca | Pinpoint APM |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 39.1 (54% (medium)) | 56.8 (53% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 16 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 40 | 56 |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,951 | 13,861 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Open source continuous profiling platform for analyzing CPU, memory, and IO usage down to the line number across entire infrastructure using eBPF. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","languages":"C, C++, Rust, Go, and more","otel_support":"none","code_profiling":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","languages":"Java, PHP, Python","service_map":true,"db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 64 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Java |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.parca.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:43:59.814Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:23:31.607Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 71 | 84 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.28.0","date":"2026-05-07T08:08:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.27.1","date":"2026-03-20T15:57:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.27.0","date":"2026-03-20T13:36:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.26.0","date":"2026-02-27T12:35:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2025-11-25T09:01:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.24.2","date":"2025-09-10T16:49:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.24.1","date":"2025-09-09T16:19:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2025-06-20T07:47:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.23.1","date":"2025-02-24T14:24:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2025-02-20T16:17:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2024-08-09T12:24:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2024-02-27T16:50:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2023-10-20T11:23:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2023-09-21T14:57:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2023-06-14T16:36:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2023-03-29T08:58:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.16.2","date":"2023-03-07T04:13:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.16.1","date":"2023-03-02T13:21:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2023-03-01T14:48:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/parca-dev/parca/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2022-12-20T10:51:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"}]` | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint/releases/tag/v2.3.1","date":"2021-11-10T02:32:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fparca-dev%2Fparca&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"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 | Parca | Pinpoint 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 | None | - |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | C, C++, Rust, Go, and more | Java, PHP, Python |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Self-hosted only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:41:08.674Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*