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Best Pointer Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from application performance monitoring ranked against Pointer on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo6.8
    Pointer vs Middleware
  2. 2
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.7
    Pointer vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  3. 3
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Pointer vs Apache SkyWalking
  4. 4
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo6.6
    Pointer vs Honeycomb
  5. 5
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Pointer vs Jaeger
  6. 6
    ManageEngine Applications Manager Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $32.92/mo6.6
    Pointer vs ManageEngine Applications Manager
  7. 7
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo6.6
    Pointer vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  8. 8
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.6
    Pointer vs SigNoz
  9. 9
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.6
    Pointer vs Uptrace
  10. 10
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo6.5
    Pointer vs groundcover
  11. 11
    Skylight Free plan apiLinuxMacWeb $20/mo6.5
    Pointer vs Skylight
  12. 12
    AppSignal Free plan apiWeb $23.25/mo6.4
    Pointer vs AppSignal
  13. 13
    Chronosphere Application Observability Free trial apiWeb 6.4
    Pointer vs Chronosphere Application Observability
  14. 14
    Keymetrics Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $79/mo6.4
    Pointer vs Keymetrics
  15. 15
    New Relic Session Replay Free plan AndroidiOSWeb $10/mo6.4
    Pointer vs New Relic Session Replay
  16. 16
    Scout APM Free plan apiWeb $10/mo6.4
    Pointer vs Scout APM
  17. 17
    New Relic APM Free plan Web $10/mo6.3
    Pointer vs New Relic APM
  18. 18
    Azure Application Insights AndroidapiiOSLinuxWeb 5.8
    Pointer vs Azure Application Insights
  19. 19
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Pointer vs Elastic Observability
  20. 20
    Blackfire.io apiextensionLinuxMacWeb €33.25/mo5.6
    Pointer vs Blackfire.io

Pointer alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Middleware6.8Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.7Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Apache SkyWalking6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Honeycomb6.6Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
5Jaeger6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6ManageEngine Applications Manager6.6Free plan$32.92/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
7New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring6.6Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8SigNoz6.6Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9Uptrace6.6Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10groundcover6.5Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
11Skylight6.5Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web
12AppSignal6.4Free plan$23.25/moAPI, Web
13Chronosphere Application Observability6.4API, Web
14Keymetrics6.4Free plan$79/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15New Relic Session Replay6.4Free plan$10/moAndroid, iOS, Web
16Scout APM6.4Free plan$10/moAPI, Web
17New Relic APM6.3Free plan$10/moWeb
18Azure Application Insights5.8Android, API, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
19Elastic Observability5.7API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Blackfire.io5.6€33.25/moAPI, Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
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Questions about Pointer alternatives

What is the best alternative to Pointer?

Middleware, number 1 in application performance monitoring with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Grafana Cloud Application Observability, Apache SkyWalking, Honeycomb and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Pointer?

Middleware is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.