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 Sentry Continuous Profiling. 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 through profiling data over time. Compare profiling types, language support, and source map support against your development environment. Continuous alerts and data retention offer further distinctions, while deployment, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing help you assess operational fit and cost. Guance Container Monitoring and Sentry Continuous Profiling open the ranking, with Middleware next. Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM, Elastic Observability, and Grafana Cloud Application Observability are also among the first entries. Use the listed details to compare what each tool supports and how it fits the way you monitor and investigate performance.
27 continuous profiling tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 1 Guance Container Monitoring iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.9Free Language support: Java, Python, Go, C/C++Profiling types: CPU, memory, I/O, locks, allocations, queries, function calls
- 2 Middleware iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8$0.30/mo
- 3 Sentry Continuous Profiling iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.4 Deployment: cloudLanguage support: Node.js, Python, PHP, Browser JavaScript, Android Java/Kotlin, iOS Swift/Objective-CProfiling types: continuous backend profiling, mobile UI profiling
- 4 Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9$0.02/mo
- 5 Grafana Cloud Application Observability No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4$0.03/mo
- 6 Coroot No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3$1/mo
- 7 Grafana k6 No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3$19/mo
- 8 Metoro Kubernetes Profiling No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3$20/mo Deployment: hybridLanguage support: Go, Python, C++, C, Rust, Node.js, Java, and moreProfiling types: CPU and memory
- 9 Google Cloud Profiler No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 10 Pyroscope No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1$19/mo
- 11 New Relic APM No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.0$10/mo
- 12 Elastic Observability No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8 Deployment: hybridLanguage support: PHP, Python, Java/JVM, Go, Rust, C/C++, Node.js/V8, Ruby, Perl, ZigProfiling types: CPU profiling through stack sampling
- 13 OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8 Deployment: self-hostedLanguage support: C/C++, Rust, Zig, Go, HotSpot JVM, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, V8, Perl, Erlang, .NETProfiling types: whole-system, cross-language, native code, system libraries, high-level language runtimes
- 14 Blackfire.io No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7€33.25/mo
- 15 FusionReactor No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6$22/mo Deployment: hybridLanguage support: Java, ColdFusion, Go, Python, Ruby, Node.js, .NET (C#), PHP, Rust, SwiftProfiling types: code, memory, thread, CPU, garbage collection
- 16 Atatus API Analytics No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5 Deployment: hybridLanguage support: Node.js, Java, Go, .NETProfiling types: CPU, memory allocation, wall time, I/O wait, garbage collection, lock contention
- 17 Coralogix APM No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5$0.16/mo
- 18 Dynatrace Continuous CPU Profiling No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5$58/mo Deployment: cloudLanguage support: Java, .NET, Node.js, GoProfiling types: CPU profiling, thread analysis, memory allocation profiling
- 19 LMbench No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Deployment: self-hostedLanguage support: Golang, Java, Python, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Node.jsProfiling types: CPU time, allocation, hardware performance events, hardware metrics
- 20 Kloudfuse Continuous Profiling No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Deployment: self-hostedLanguage support: Go, Java, PythonProfiling types: CPU, memory, disk I/O, goroutine
- 21 Zymtrace No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Deployment: self-hostedLanguage support: PHP, Python, Java/JVM, Go, Rust, C/C++, Node.js/V8, Ruby, .NET, PerlProfiling types: CPU, GPU
- 22 Dash0 No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9
- 23 OneUptime No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9
- 24 Pixie No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9Free
- 25 Polar Signals Cloud No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.8
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Questions about this list
Which continuous profiling tool is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
Guance Container Monitoring is ranked #1 of 27 with a score of 7.9. Middleware is second and Sentry Continuous Profiling third.
How many of these have a free plan?
10 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 mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.