# Pyroscope

> Open source continuous profiling database for understanding resource usage down to the line number

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/pyroscope
- **Category:** APM Tools
- **Homepage:** https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/
- **Also known as:** pyroscope
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T13:15:29.437Z

## Vioscale score

**58.1 / 100**, confidence 64% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 8 | 640 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 30 | 1500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 28.9 | 12 | 346.9 | ✓ |
| integrations | 8.7 | 16 | 138.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 90 | 22 | 1980 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 12 | 1200 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/). Independently observed._

from $0.05/mo · Hybrid · Free tier

> Free tier with $0 cost. Pro from $19/month + usage. Enterprise from $25,000/year.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Free | Free | ✓ | - |
| Pro | From $19/month + usage with volume discounts | - | monthly |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | annual |

### Free

Always free, perfect for personal projects and early-stage startups

- All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
- Community support
- 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests

### Pro

Self-serve pay-as-you-go with volume discounts

- 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

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

Full-service for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements

- Premium support
- Custom retention
- Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)

## About

Grafana Pyroscope is an open source continuous profiling database that provides fast, scalable, highly available storage and querying of profiling data. It enables developers to understand application performance and optimize infrastructure spend by correlating profiling data with metrics, logs, and traces.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Integrations (1)

_Independently observed._

- Grafana

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for APM Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Instrumentation** | |
| Auto-instrumentation | - |
| Distributed tracing | - |
| **Insight** | |
| Service map | - |
| Code / continuous profiling | ✓ |
| Database monitoring | - |
| Error analytics | - |
| Real-user monitoring | - |
| **Intelligence** | |
| Anomaly / root-cause AI | - |
| **Standards** | |
| OpenTelemetry support | - |
| **Core** | |
| Language agents | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Insight** | |
| SLO / error-budget tracking | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 1 | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.05 | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| security.fedramp | yes | [link](https://trust.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://trust.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://trust.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://trust.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://trust.grafana.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/pyroscope). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*