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Coroot vs DeepFlow
Both stand on ebpf observability tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Choose Coroot if you need self-hosted observability with service maps, tracing, profiling and incident analysis. Community Edition provides a free Apache 2.0 option, while Standard adds paid monitoring at $1 per monitored CPU core/month. Linux environments with kernels older than 5.1 do not meet its stated requirement.
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DeepFlow brings service mapping, tracing, and profiling together for cloud infrastructure and cloud-native applications. The free Community Edition has management-feature limits; Enterprise adds security controls and support, with pricing not listed.
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| Coroot | DeepFlow | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Android, API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | See the plans | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | coroot.com | deepflow.io |
| On ebpf observability tools | #1 of 29 | #3 of 29 |
Coroot: what it does well
- Collects metrics, logs, traces and profiling data without code changes.
- Maps services and dependencies automatically.
- Profiles applications and pinpoints CPU spikes to a code line.
- Tracks cloud costs without cloud-account access.
- Sends alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and webhooks.
What to know first
- Self-hosted deployment requires managing the software within customer infrastructure.
- Linux deployments require kernel version 5.1 or later.
- Standard pricing is per monitored CPU core each month.
DeepFlow: what it does well
- Community Edition is open source under Apache 2.0.
- Uses eBPF for metrics, traces, and profiling collection.
- Parses protocols including HTTP, gRPC, MySQL, and Kafka.
- Provides SQL, PromQL, and OTLP interfaces.
- Kubernetes and Docker Compose deployment methods are documented.
What to know first
- Community Edition lacks alert management.
- Community Edition lacks report management.
- Community Edition lacks custom dashboard management.
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