| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · eBPF Observability Tools | 7.9 (#12) | 7.1 (#22) |
| License | The repository identifies Apache-2.0 as its license. | Mermin is Apache 2.0 licensed except for its eBPF code, which is GPL-2.0 licensed. |
| Purpose | BCC is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs using eBPF. | Mermin captures network traffic with eBPF and exports network flows as OpenTelemetry Flow Traces. |
| Support | The project points users to its GitHub issue tracker, the IOVisor mailing list, and the #iovisor IRC channel for project discussion and help. | The project directs users to GitHub Issues, GitHub Discussions, Slack, and documentation, and points to ElastiFlow for commercial support. |