No. 10 of 29 ·Distributed Tracing Tools

Pinpoint

Web · Windows · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Pinpoint is ranked #10 of 29 in distributed tracing tools on Freedom251. It runs on Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Pinpoint Free Apache License 2.0 · self-hosted deployment github.com · 5 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
OpenTelemetry support: Yes
Service map: Yes
Deployment model: self_hosted

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The record

Product: Pinpoint is an application performance management tool for large-scale distributed systems written in Java and PHP.
Distributed tracing: It traces transaction flows across application components to help identify problem areas and bottlenecks.
Server map: The ServerMap visualizes distributed-system topology and shows component status and transaction counts.
Monitoring views: The interface includes a real-time active-thread chart, a request/response scatter chart, call-stack views, and an application inspector.
Instrumentation: The Pinpoint Agent uses bytecode instrumentation to trace calls without requiring application code modifications.
Performance overhead: The home page describes the resource-usage increase as approximately 3%.
Integrations: The documented supported modules include Java application servers and libraries such as Tomcat, Jetty, Spring, Kafka, MySQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
Storage requirement: The installation guide says Pinpoint uses HBase as the storage backend for the Collector and Web.
Deployment: The installation guide says a self-managed instance requires HBase, Pinpoint Collector, Pinpoint Web, and an Agent attached to a Java application.
Open source license: Pinpoint is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Usage telemetry: The Web module tracks the number and order of clicks in the Server Map, Transaction List, and Inspector View; the page documents a configuration option to disable this tracking.
Sampling: The technical details page says production environments can collect a 1–5% sample of requests and describes a counting sampler.
Support: The project site links to a questions and FAQ page for users seeking help.
Purpose: Pinpoint is an APM tool for large-scale distributed systems that traces transactions across distributed applications.
Price from: Free

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Best Distributed Tracing Tools in 2026#10 of 29

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Sources

pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/· checked 5 Oct 2026
pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/overview.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/techdetail.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/main.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/installation.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint· checked 5 Oct 2026
pinpoint-apm.github.io/pinpoint/faq.html· checked 5 Oct 2026