Zipkin Alternatives

Zipkin is described as 'Distributed tracing system. It helps gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in microservice architectures. It manages both the collection and lookup of this data. Zipkin’s design is based on the Google Dapper paper' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Zipkin for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, Self-Hosted, SaaS and Windows apps. The best Zipkin alternative is Datadog. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try New Relic or Glimpse. Other great apps like Zipkin are Dynatrace, SigNoz, AppDynamics and RapidSpike.

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  1. Datadog icon

    Datadog

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    Monitor and visualize your IT and DevOps environments seamlessly with over 120 integrations, enabling real-time insight across on-premise and cloud deployments. Utilize robust analytics, graphing, and correlation tools for error logging and network monitoring. Improve collaboration and proactive IT management.

    229 Datadog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Datadog is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Zipkin.

    • Datadog is the most popular commercial alternative to Zipkin.

    • Datadog is Paid and ProprietaryZipkin is Free and Open Source
  2. New Relic icon

    New Relic

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    Pinpoint and solve performance issues in your Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP and Python apps with real user, application and server monitoring.

    132 New Relic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • New Relic is the most popular free alternative to Zipkin.

    • New Relic is Freemium and ProprietaryZipkin is Free and Open Source
  4. Glimpse icon

    Glimpse

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    Providing real time diagnostics & insights to the fingertips of hundreds of thousands of developers daily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Glimpse is the most popular Open Source alternative to Zipkin.

    • Glimpse is Free and Open SourceZipkin is also Free and Open Source
  5. Dynatrace icon

    Dynatrace

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    Dynatrace combines the industry’s broadest observability and runtime application security with predictive, causal, and generative in a unified platform to deliver answers and intelligent automation from data.

    66 Dynatrace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Dynatrace is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Zipkin.

    • Dynatrace is Paid and ProprietaryZipkin is Free and Open Source
  6. SigNoz icon

    SigNoz

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    Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    • SigNoz is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Zipkin.

    • SigNoz is Free and Open SourceZipkin is also Free and Open Source
  9. RapidSpike icon

    RapidSpike

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    RapidSpike is a Digital Experience Monitoring Platform that interacts with your online platforms exactly as your customers do. It collects data across your digital ecosystem to help you improve a fast, reliable digital customer experience.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • RapidSpike is the most popular SaaS alternative to Zipkin.

    • RapidSpike is Paid and ProprietaryZipkin is Free and Open Source
  10. Pinpoint APM icon

    Pinpoint APM

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    Pinpoint is an open source APM (Application Performance Management) tool for large-scale distributed systems written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenJDK
    • Java
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    IQLECT

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    IQLECT is the creator of Ampere, a real-time big data analytics platform. Various apps for data center infrastructure monitoring, clickstream analysis, log analysis and others can be deployed on the platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. 2 Steps icon

    2 Steps

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    2 Steps allows organisations using Splunk for IT operations to monitor mobile apps, websites, Windows applications and mainframe software interfaces without setting up coding or scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Splunk
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  13. CloudMonix icon

    CloudMonix

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    CloudMonix provides advanced cloud monitoring and automation for applications and services deployed on the Microsoft Azure and AWS platforms and built with MSPs, CSPs and DevOps in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
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