DeepFlow vs Retina
DeepFlow
deepflow.ioRetina
retina.shSide by side
| Figure | DeepFlow | Retina |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 0 |
| Spec score · eBPF Observability Tools | 8.1 (#8) | 7.0 (#26) |
| Deployment | The documentation provides Kubernetes and Docker Compose deployment methods for an all-in-one installation. | Retina is installed into an existing Kubernetes cluster using Helm. |
| Integrations | DeepFlow can serve as a storage backend for Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, SkyWalking, and Pyroscope, and provides SQL, PromQL, and OTLP interfaces. | Retina integrates with Cilium Hubble for additional network insights, including flow logs and DNS information. |
Plans
DeepFlow
- Community EditionFree
- Cloud EditionPriced on request
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
In their own words
DeepFlow
DeepFlow is an observability product for cloud infrastructure and cloud-native applications. It uses eBPF to collect application performance metrics, distributed traces, and continuous profiling data without intrusion. Its core capabilities include a universal service map, distributed tracing, and profiling. Built-in parsing covers HTTP, HTTPS, Dubbo, gRPC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, MQTT, and DNS. DeepFlow can serve as storage for Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, SkyWalking, and Pyroscope, and offers SQL, PromQL, and OTLP interfaces. AutoTagging links observability data with cloud and Kubernetes resources, tags, and CMDB business tags. The Community Edition is open source under Apache 2.0 and is listed at free. It supports Linux servers and selected Kubernetes, cloud, and container environments; deployment guidance covers Kubernetes and Docker Compose. Enterprise Edition adds encrypted agent-to-server transmission, multi-tenancy, and data permission isolation. The listed platforms include Android, API, Linux, self-hosted, web, and Windows.