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 Glimpse or New Relic. Other great apps like Zipkin are Dynatrace, SigNoz, AppDynamics and RapidSpike.

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  1. Datadog icon
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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.

    261 Datadog alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. Glimpse icon
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    Providing real time diagnostics & insights to the fingertips of hundreds of thousands of developers daily.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. New Relic icon
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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.

    152 New Relic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. Dynatrace icon
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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.

    73 Dynatrace alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  5. SigNoz icon
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    Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.

    198 SigNoz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. RapidSpike icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. Pinpoint APM icon
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    Pinpoint is an open source APM (Application Performance Management) tool for large-scale distributed systems written in Java.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenJDK
    • Java
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  8. IQLECT icon
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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.

    192 IQLECT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. 2 Steps icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    129 CloudMonix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
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