Pinpoint APM
Application performance monitoring tool for distributed systems
- Vendor
- NAVER Corp.
- Also known as
- pinpoint-apm
What is Pinpoint APM?
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.
Pinpoint APM pricing
We don't have Pinpoint APM's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Pinpoint APM does
The capabilities that matter for apm tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Auto-instrumentation
- ✓
- Distributed tracing
- ✓
- Service map
- ✓
- Code / continuous profiling
- ✓
- Database monitoring
- ✓
- Error analytics
- ✓
- Real-user monitoring
- -
- SLO / error-budget tracking
- -
- Anomaly / root-cause AI
- -
- OpenTelemetry support
- -
- Language agents
- Java, PHP, Python
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (53)
Independently observed- Tomcat
- Jetty
- JBoss EAP
- Websphere
- Vertx
- Weblogic
- Undertow
- Akka HTTP
- Spring
- Spring Boot
- Spring WebFlux
- Spring Cloud Sleuth
- Ktor
- Apache HttpClient
- JDK HttpClient
- GoogleHttpClient
- OkHttpClient
- NingAsyncHttpClient
- Netty
- Thrift
- DUBBO
- gRPC
- Apache CXF
- ActiveMQ
- RabbitMQ
- Kafka
- RocketMQ
- Pulsar
- Paho MQTT
- MySQL
- Oracle
- MSSQL
- CUBRID
- PostgreSQL
- MariaDB
- Informix
- DB2
- ClickHouse
- Dameng
- Arcus
- Memcached
- Redis
- Cassandra
- MongoDB
- Hbase
- Elasticsearch
- iBATIS
- MyBatis
- DBCP
- HIKARICP
- JDK HttpConnector
- Redisson
- AWS SDK S3
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Pinpoint APM FAQ
Common questions about Pinpoint APM, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Pinpoint APM?
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.
Is Pinpoint APM free to use?
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.
What platforms does Pinpoint APM support?
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.
Can Pinpoint APM be self-hosted?
Yes. Pinpoint APM can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does Pinpoint APM integrate with?
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.
Is Pinpoint APM open source?
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.
Pinpoint APM alternatives
Other apm tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- PyroscopeCloud platform combining infrastructure monitoring with cost and AI usage analyticsmedium · 63%
- Datadog APMMonitor and troubleshoot cloud applications by unifying traces, logs, metrics, and user telemetry.low · 48%
- Azure Application InsightsEnd-to-end visibility into applications, infrastructure, and network systemslow · 41%
- DynatraceAI-powered platform for monitoring applications and infrastructure in real-timelow · 40%
- InstanaAutomatic observability with AI-powered root cause analysislow · 40%
Compare Pinpoint APM
Side by side against other apm tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Pinpoint APM, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.06 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 52 | 0.07 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 53 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 47 | 0.04 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 29 | 0.06 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Languages: Java, PHP, Python · Service map: Yes · Db monitoring: Yes · Code profiling: Yes · Error analytics: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 64 | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
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