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Best Pointer Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo8.1
    Pointer vs Middleware
  2. 2
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo8.0
    Pointer vs Uptrace
  3. 3
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.8
    Pointer vs Honeycomb
  4. 4
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.8
    Pointer vs SigNoz
  5. 5
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.7
    Pointer vs groundcover
  6. 6
    Keymetrics Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $79/mo7.7
    Pointer vs Keymetrics
  7. 7
    Scout APM Free plan apiWeb $10/mo7.7
    Pointer vs Scout APM
  8. 8
    Skylight Free plan apiLinuxMacWeb $20/mo7.7
    Pointer vs Skylight
  9. 9
    AppSignal Free plan apiWeb $23.25/mo7.6
    Pointer vs AppSignal
  10. 10
    Chronosphere Application Observability Free trial apiWeb 7.6
    Pointer vs Chronosphere Application Observability
  11. 11
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    Pointer vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  12. 12
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    Pointer vs Elastic Observability
  13. 13
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo7.3
    Pointer vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  14. 14
    Apache SkyWalking Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Pointer vs Apache SkyWalking
  15. 15
    Dynatrace Application Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $58/mo7.1
    Pointer vs Dynatrace Application Monitoring
  16. 16
    ManageEngine Applications Manager Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $32.92/mo7.1
    Pointer vs ManageEngine Applications Manager
  17. 17
    Raygun Application Performance Monitoring Free trial AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $120/mo7.1
    Pointer vs Raygun Application Performance Monitoring
  18. 18
    Sematext APM Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $19/mo7.1
    Pointer vs Sematext APM
  19. 19
    Jaeger Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Pointer vs Jaeger
  20. 20
    RoRvsWild Free trial AndroidiOSWeb €400/mo7.0
    Pointer vs RoRvsWild

Pointer alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Middleware8.1Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Uptrace8.0Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Honeycomb7.8Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
4SigNoz7.8Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
5groundcover7.7Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
6Keymetrics7.7Free plan$79/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7Scout APM7.7Free plan$10/moAPI, Web
8Skylight7.7Free plan$20/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web
9AppSignal7.6Free plan$23.25/moAPI, Web
10Chronosphere Application Observability7.6API, Web
11Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
12Elastic Observability7.3API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring7.3Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Apache SkyWalking7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Dynatrace Application Monitoring7.1No$58/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16ManageEngine Applications Manager7.1Free plan$32.92/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
17Raygun Application Performance Monitoring7.1No$120/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
18Sematext APM7.1$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Jaeger7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20RoRvsWild7.0€400/moAndroid, iOS, Web
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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 8.1 out of 10. The others here: Uptrace, Honeycomb, SigNoz and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Pointer?

Middleware is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.