eBPF Observability Tools
Alternatives to Metoro Kubernetes Profiling
The tools Specifiction weighs against Metoro Kubernetes Profiling, from its list of ebpf observability tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
- 01 Coroot
Coroot suits teams seeking self-hosted observability across container, Linux, and Windows environments, especially those needing service maps, profiling, or incident analysis.
From $1/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · Linux · API9.3 Visit Specs - 02 Kubeshark
Kubeshark is positioned for SREs, network engineers, AI assistants, and agents working on root-cause analysis, incident response, and network reliability.
From $0.40/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.0 Visit Specs - 03
bpftrace bpftrace suits Linux users and organizations doing kernel or application tracing, profiling, and debugging.
Free plan Linux · Self-hosted8.6 Visit Specs - 04 Anteon
Anteon suits teams monitoring Kubernetes services or running performance tests from no-code scenarios.
From $99/mo Free trial Web · macOS · Linux · API8.5 Visit Specs - 05
groundcover It suits teams monitoring production environments that want to collect telemetry without manual instrumentation.
From $30/mo Free plan Web · Linux · Self-hosted8.4 Visit Specs - 06 Caretta
Caretta suits Kubernetes operators who want service-network visibility on Linux and can run a self-hosted Helm deployment.
Free plan Linux · Self-hosted8.3 Visit Specs - 07
DeepFlow DeepFlow suits teams monitoring complex cloud and cloud-native environments that need tracing, profiling, and infrastructure-linked observability data.
Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · Android8.1 Visit Specs - 08
Parca Parca suits teams that want to profile production systems and query profiles across processes or code versions.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs - 09 Gyeeta
Gyeeta suits teams operating self-hosted Linux infrastructure that need TCP service and process visibility without instrumenting applications.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 10
ApexData From $1,000/mo Web · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 11 BCC Free plan Linux · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs
- 12 Inspektor Gadget
Inspektor Gadget suits operators and developers inspecting Linux hosts or Kubernetes clusters with eBPF-based tools.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API7.9 Visit Specs - 13 Hubble Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs
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KubeSense From $20/mo Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs - 15
Tetragon Tetragon is aimed at security teams monitoring Kubernetes workloads, process behavior, privileges, files, and network activity.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs - 16 Kindling
Kindling is for fiction writers who plan, including plotters, pantsers, and writers between those approaches.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.7 Visit Specs - 17
Odigos Odigos suits engineers and security teams investigating production behavior or containing attacks, including teams using Kubernetes, VMs or bare metal.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 18
Pixie Pixie suits developers who need observability and debugging for supported Kubernetes environments and can run Linux nodes.
Free plan Web · Linux · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 19
Qpoint Community is positioned for individuals and small teams, while Team is aimed at IT operations and security teams.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.3 Visit Specs - 20 Tracee
Tracee suits Linux operators handling runtime security, compliance, troubleshooting, or forensics.
Free plan Linux · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 21 Mermin Linux · Self-hosted7.1 Visit Specs
- 22 orb8 macOS · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.1 Visit Specs
- 23 Pyroscope
Pyroscope may suit developers and teams profiling applications written in its listed languages, across CPU, memory, and thread use.
From $19/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.1 Visit Specs - 24 Kerno Linux · Self-hosted7.0 Visit Specs
- 25 Retina Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.0 Visit Specs
- 26 Elastic Universal Profiling From $99/mo Web · Linux6.8 Visit Specs
- 27 Grafana Beyla Linux5.9 Visit Specs
- 28 pwru Linux5.3 Visit Specs
Metoro Kubernetes Profiling, head to head
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Coroot
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Kubeshark
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs bpftrace
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Anteon
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs groundcover
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Caretta
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs DeepFlow
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Parca
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Gyeeta
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs ApexData
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs BCC
- Metoro Kubernetes Profiling vs Inspektor Gadget