# Pyroscope vs Skylight

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Pyroscope

| Attribute | Pyroscope | Skylight |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 61.6 (63% (medium)) | 53.9 (49% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"An application performance monitoring platform designed for Ruby apps that tracks performance metrics, identifies bottlenecks, profiles code execution, and analyzes database queries to help developers optimize application speed and reliability. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.skylight.io","question":"What is Skylight?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Skylight offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.skylight.io/pricing","question":"Is Skylight free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Skylight. 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://www.skylight.io","question":"What platforms does Skylight support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Skylight, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.skylight.io","question":"Can Skylight be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Skylight, including Sidekiq, DelayedJob, ActiveJob, Sinatra, Grape, GraphQL, MCP and GitHub, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.skylight.io","question":"What does Skylight integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Skylight. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Skylight not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.skylight.io/privacy","question":"What security certifications does Skylight have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Skylight is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.skylight.io/pricing","question":"Where is Skylight available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes. | A service that tracks how Ruby applications perform in production, showing developers where their code spends time and what changes affect response speeds, with tools to spot slow endpoints and prevent performance regressions. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","code_profiling":true,"distributed_tracing":true}` | `{"rum":false,"hosting":"cloud","languages":"Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Grape","db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Grafana"}]` | `[{"name":"Sidekiq"},{"name":"DelayedJob"},{"name":"ActiveJob"},{"name":"Sinatra"},{"name":"Grape"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"MCP"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"Rails","native":true}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"100,000 traces per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traces":"100k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","summary":"Starting at $20/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Automatic tier adjustment based on monthly traces","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier with 100,000 monthly traces; paid tiers starting at $20/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.skylight.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:48:14.422Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/ | - |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | Pyroscope | Skylight |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Grape |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T06:20:38.473Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*