Pinpoint vs Sematext Tracing
Pinpoint
pinpoint-apm.github.ioSematext Tracing
sematext.comSide by side
| Figure | Pinpoint | Sematext Tracing |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Distributed Tracing Tools | 8.2 (#9) | 7.7 (#19) |
| Deployment | The installation guide says a self-managed instance requires HBase, Pinpoint Collector, Pinpoint Web, and an Agent attached to a Java application. | The product page says it can be deployed on Kubernetes, Docker, containers, or bare metal. |
| Product | Pinpoint is an application performance management tool for large-scale distributed systems written in Java and PHP. | Sematext Tracing is an OpenTelemetry-based distributed tracing solution for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices and distributed systems. |
| Sampling | The agent can sample traces, and its sampling rate setting controls how often transactions are traced. | Users can configure head-based sampling to always sample errors and high-latency requests while sampling normal traffic at lower rates. |
| Support | The project directs users to GitHub issues, a Google group, and Gitter for questions and community support. | The product page links to production support, and the company page says Sematext provides production support for Elasticsearch, the ELK/Elastic Stack, and Apache Solr. |
Plans
Sematext Tracing
- BasicPrice not published
- ProPrice not published
- StandardPrice not published
In their own words
Pinpoint
Pinpoint has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Sematext Tracing
Sematext Tracing is an OpenTelemetry-based distributed tracing service for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices and distributed systems. It accepts OTLP over HTTP or gRPC and works with OpenTelemetry Collectors, Jaeger, Zipkin, and compatible instrumentation. Users can filter traces by service, operation, latency, errors, or custom attributes, then inspect waterfalls and spans. Error rates, error types, and stack traces appear within the related request trace, while a Service Map depicts application dependencies and communication patterns. Performance views include latency breakdowns, P50/P95/P99 percentiles, RED metrics, and database query insights. Head-based sampling can retain errors and high-latency requests while sampling normal traffic at lower rates. Alerts can use latency thresholds, error rates, or custom span attributes. The product lists support for languages and frameworks including Java, Python, Go, .NET, Swift, Android, Spring, Django, Rails, React, Vue, and Svelte. Deployment options include Kubernetes, Docker, containers, or bare metal. Pricing is based on spans; the listed starting price is $17.10/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial is available without a credit card. There is no free plan.