Polar Signals Cloud
Polar Signals Cloud is a hosted service for collecting, storing, and analyzing continuous profiling data.
What Polar Signals Cloud is
Polar Signals Cloud is a hosted service for collecting, storing, and analyzing continuous profiling data. An agent runs on a node and sends profiling data without requiring application instrumentation. It supports sampling profiles for CPU, memory, and threads, while the Pro tier adds GPU profiling for any language. Documentation lists C, C++, Rust, Go, Python, Ruby, Java, Node.js, C#, Erlang, and Julia support, with additional Java-family and runtime languages listed by the product. Profiles can be explored through flame graphs, function-level filters, and Prometheus-style selectors with custom dimensions. GPU views include per-kernel timing, CPU stack traces, and CUDA Graph support. An MCP integration allows AI tools to query profiles for bottlenecks and optimization opportunities. A Profiler extension places metrics inline in VS Code and compatible editors. Agents support Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, and bare-metal environments. The cloud deployment has a 14-day trial; Pro costs $50 a month.
Good
- No-instrumentation agent collection
- CPU, memory, and thread profiling
- GPU profiling in Pro tier
- Flame graphs and custom selectors
- VS Code inline metrics
Watch out
- No free plan
- Trial retention is 14 days
- Enterprise BYOC requires contacting sales
Who it suits
It suits development and performance teams analyzing application behavior across supported languages and deployment environments. It can also fit teams wanting AI queries or inline editor metrics.
Verdict
Polar Signals Cloud combines hosted continuous profiling with multiple query and visualization options. Check retention, pricing, and deployment requirements against your profiling workflow.
Plans and prices
From Polar Signals Cloud's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | 14 days · Pro tier features with rate limits · 14-day data retention · community support |
| Pro | $50 a month | Usage-based · CPU/Memory/GPU profiling · unlimited collaborators, projects, organizations, and teams · 30-day data retention · $50 per 100 mil samples / mo |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Pro features · custom contracts and SLAs · volume discounts · premium support · BYOC available on request · Custom |
The facts
Each one read from Polar Signals Cloud's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI integration
- Polar Signals Cloud provides an MCP integration that lets AI tools query profiling data and help identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Collection
- Its zero-instrumentation approach collects profiling data by deploying an agent on a node and sending the data to Polar Signals Cloud.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment environments
- The agent supports Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, and bare-metal environments, according to the product site.checked 7 Oct 2026
- GPU profiling
- The product site describes per-kernel timing, CPU stack traces, and CUDA Graph support for GPU profiling.checked 7 Oct 2026
- IDE integration
- The Polar Signals Profiler extension displays profiling metrics as inline source-code annotations in VS Code and compatible editors including Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The documentation lists support for C/C++, Rust, Go, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java/Clojure/Kotlin/JVM, Graal Native, Node.js, and .NET.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Polar Signals Cloud is a hosted service for storing and analyzing continuous profiling data.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Profiling types
- The Pro tier includes CPU, memory, and GPU profiling for any language.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Retention limits
- The trial includes 14-day retention and Pro includes 30-day data retention.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The Pro tier lists SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and SSO support; the SSO documentation says credentials are stored encrypted in a Vault instance and login is served over HTTPS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted deployment
- Enterprise customers can request BYOC, and documentation describes deployment on Kubernetes with S3-compatible storage and PostgreSQL; BYOC is not self-serve and requires contacting sales.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Pro tier includes Discord and Slack support, while Enterprise adds premium support, dedicated Slack Connect, and the ability to page on-call.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Visualization and queries
- The product site describes flame graphs, function-level filtering, and Prometheus-style selectors with custom dimensions.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Polar Signals describes itself as a remote-first software company founded in 2020.checked 7 Oct 2026
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