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.