Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Elastic APM and Zipkin score closely across Staquest's six weighted dimensions, with no decisive overall winner. Zipkin has a free tier; Elastic APM does not.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Elastic | OpenZipkin |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | elastic-apm | zipkin |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Elastic Stack Security | ||
| Apache 2.0 License | ||
| Advanced Observability Features (E.G., Service Maps, Slos) | ||
| Community Maintained | ||
| Advanced Reporting | ||
| Self-Hostable | ||
| Advanced Workflow Automation | ||
| Ai Assistant | ||
| Alerting | ||
| Basic Apm | ||
| Basic Security | ||
| Core Elastic Stack Features | ||
| Cross-Cluster Replication | ||
| Elastic Maps Server | ||
| Enhanced Security Workflows | ||
| Everything In Gold | ||
| Everything In Platinum | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Machine Learning (Anomaly Detection) | ||
| Multi-Stack Monitoring | ||
| Observability Integrations | ||
| Searchable Snapshots | ||
| Watcher Alerting |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
Zipkin offers a free tier; Elastic APM does not currently list one.
