Best Continuous Profiling Tools in 2026
Updated
In short: Guance Container Monitoring is ranked #1 of 27 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Middleware and Grafana Cloud Application Observability. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Middleware. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM at $0.02/mo.
Continuous profiling tools help you examine application performance over time. Compare the entries on profiling types, language support, and source map support to see which capabilities align with your development stack. Continuous alerts and data retention offer further points to weigh, while deployment options, free plans, and “Paid from” pricing help clarify fit and cost. The ranking starts with Sentry Continuous Profiling, Guance Container Monitoring, and Middleware, followed by Elastic Observability and Grafana Cloud Application Observability. Consider what you need to profile and how you want to receive and retain performance data, then use the listed fields to compare the tools.
27 continuous profiling tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
#1 Guance Container Monitoring Top pick · 7.6 Free plan · Free
#2 Middleware Runner-up · 7.5 Free plan · $0.30/mo
#3 Grafana Cloud Application Observability Also great · 7.3 Free plan · $0.03/mo- Free planFree trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Language support
- Java, Python, Go, C/C++
- Profiling types
- CPU, memory, I/O, locks, allocations, queries, function calls
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free planFree trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$0.30/mofirst paid tier About MiddlewareVisit site - Free plan LinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$0.03/mofirst paid tier About Grafana Cloud Application ObservabilityVisit site - Free planFree trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 1 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$1/mofirst paid tier About CorootVisit site - AndroidapiextensioniOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 26 /mo
- Deployment
- cloud
- Language support
- Node.js, Python, PHP, Browser JavaScript, Android Java/Kotlin, iOS Swift/Objective-C
- Profiling types
- continuous backend profiling, mobile UI profiling
- Data retention
- 30 days
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free planFree trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 20 /mo
- Deployment
- hybrid
- Language support
- Go, Python, C++, C, Rust, Node.js, Java, and more
- Profiling types
- CPU and memory
- Data retention
- 28 days
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$20/mofirst paid tier About Metoro Kubernetes ProfilingVisit site - Free plan Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 19 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$19/mofirst paid tier About Grafana k6Visit site - Free plan LinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 19 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$19/mofirst paid tier About PyroscopeVisit site - Free trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 99 /mo
- Deployment
- hybrid
- Language support
- PHP, Python, Java/JVM, Go, Rust, C/C++, Node.js/V8, Ruby, Perl, Zig
- Profiling types
- CPU profiling through stack sampling
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - apiextensionLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms€33.25/mofirst paid tier About Blackfire.ioVisit site - Free trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 22 /mo
- Deployment
- hybrid
- Language support
- Java, ColdFusion, Go, Python, Ruby, Node.js, .NET (C#), PHP, Rust, Swift
- Profiling types
- code, memory, thread, CPU, garbage collection
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$22/mofirst paid tier About FusionReactorVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$10/mofirst paid tier About New Relic APMVisit site - Free trial Linuxself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 58 /mo
- Deployment
- cloud
- Language support
- Java, .NET, Node.js, Go
- Profiling types
- CPU profiling, thread analysis, memory allocation profiling
- Data retention
- 10 days
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$58/mofirst paid tier About Dynatrace Continuous CPU ProfilingVisit site - Linuxself-hosted
- Deployment
- self-hosted
- Language support
- C/C++, Rust, Zig, Go, HotSpot JVM, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, V8, Perl, Erlang, .NET
- Profiling types
- whole-system, cross-language, native code, system libraries, high-level language runtimes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - AndroidiOSWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Data retention
- 90 days
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$0.02/mofirst paid tier About Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUMVisit site - Free trial apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment
- hybrid
- Language support
- Node.js, Java, Go, .NET
- Profiling types
- CPU, memory allocation, wall time, I/O wait, garbage collection, lock contention
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free trial apiWeb
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$0.16/mofirst paid tier About Coralogix APMVisit site - LinuxWindows
- Deployment
- self-hosted
- Language support
- Golang, Java, Python, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Node.js
- Profiling types
- CPU time, allocation, hardware performance events, hardware metrics
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- self-hosted
- Language support
- PHP, Python, Java/JVM, Go, Rust, C/C++, Node.js/V8, Ruby, .NET, Perl
- Profiling types
- CPU, GPU
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Deployment
- self-hosted
- Language support
- Go, Java, Python
- Profiling types
- CPU, memory, disk I/O, goroutine
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebLinuxRecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
- Web
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 50 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
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Questions about this list
Which continuous profiling tool is ranked first on Everything Xiaomi?
Guance Container Monitoring is ranked #1 of 27 with a score of 7.6. Middleware is second and Grafana Cloud Application Observability third.
How many of these have a free plan?
9 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.02/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.