# Pinpoint APM vs Pyroscope

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Pyroscope

| Attribute | Pinpoint APM | Pyroscope |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 55.3 (53% (medium)) | 61.6 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 56 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,867 | - |
| 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":"Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"What is Pyroscope?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pyroscope offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.05. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"Is Pyroscope free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pyroscope supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"What platforms does Pyroscope support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pyroscope, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","question":"Can Pyroscope be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Pyroscope. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pyroscope not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.grafana.com","question":"What security certifications does Pyroscope have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes. |
| 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":"both","code_profiling":true,"distributed_tracing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 64 | 1 |
| 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":"Grafana"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:23:31.607Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage","Community support","14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Always free, perfect for personal projects and early-stage startups","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"From $19/month + usage with volume discounts","features":["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"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Self-serve pay-as-you-go with volume discounts","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $25,000/year","features":["Premium support","Custom retention","Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-service for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with $0 cost. Pro from $19/month + usage. Enterprise from $25,000/year.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:12:09.793Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.05,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 84 | - |
| release.history | `[{"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 | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/ |
| 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 | Pyroscope |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | - |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | Java, PHP, Python | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T03:34:50.743Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*