Pinpoint
Zipkin is a distributed tracing system for troubleshooting latency issues in service architectures by collecting and querying timing data.
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30
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3.0
Free/Trial Support
Supported
Starting Price
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Last Updated
Apr 24, 2026
Overview
What is Pinpoint?
Zipkin is an open-source distributed tracing system that gathers timing data to help identify and troubleshoot latency problems in microservices and service architectures. It allows querying based on attributes like service name, operation, tags, and duration, and provides summaries such as time spent per service and failure rates.
What is Pinpoint used for?
Top Features
- Distributed tracing
- Latency troubleshooting
- Trace querying by attributes
- Dependency diagram visualization
- Open-source and extensible
How to use Pinpoint?
To use Zipkin, instrument your applications with tracers or libraries to report trace data via HTTP, Kafka, or other methods. Store data in-memory or with backends like Cassandra or Elasticsearch, then access the UI to query traces, view dependency diagrams, and analyze performance.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- Open-source and free
- Supports multiple data reporting methods
- Flexible storage backends
- Useful for microservices debugging
Cons
- Requires application instrumentation
- May need setup effort for self-hosting
Use Cases
- Troubleshooting latency in microservices
- Monitoring service dependencies
- Debugging distributed systems
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