| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Monitoring Observability | 8.9 (#4) | 7.3 (#20) |
| Deployment options | cloud | The quickstart describes running Zipkin with Docker, Java, Homebrew, or from source. |
| Support | Axiom Cloud includes email support, with paid SLA and dedicated support available; the Personal plan includes community support. | The project directs users to its Gitter chat for questions and says the OpenZipkin organization is primarily volunteers. |
