Embrace vs Grafana k6

Embrace

7.0 #7 in Real User Monitoring

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Grafana k6

6.7 #64 in Log Management Software

About Grafana k6
EmbraceGrafana k6
Free planYesYes
Paid from$0.80/mo$19/mo
PlatformsAndroid, api, iOS, WebLinux
Free planYesYes
Core Web VitalsYesYes
Mobile app monitoringYes
Interaction trackingYesYes
Geographic breakdownYesYes
Error correlationYesYes
Data retention90+ days30 days
Pricing metricsessionssessions
Paid from19 /mo
OpenTelemetry supportYes
Service mapYes
Tail-based samplingYes
Deployment modelself_hosted
Kubernetes supportYes
Network visibilityYes
Application tracingYes
Kernel profilingNo
Supported operating systemsLinux
Log retention30 days
Log pipelinesYes
Archive exportYes
Live log tailingYes
Deployment optionsboth
Structured log parsingYes
Load testingYes
Stress testingYes
Browser-based testingYes
Distributed loadYes
API testingYes
Profiling modesboth
Supported languagesC/C++, Go, Rust, Zig, Java, .NET, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Perl
CPU profilingYes
Memory profilingYes
Thread profilingYes
Logs supportYes
Metrics supportYes
Traces supportYes
Transform rulesYes
Multi-destination routingYes
Data enrichmentYes
Deploymentself_hosted
SQL supportNo
Retention policiesYes
Horizontal scalingYes
Query languagesPromQL
Ingestion methodsPrometheus remote write; Grafana Agent; Prometheus Agent; OpenTelemetry; Influx; Graphite; Datadog

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