micrometer
The premium Open Source alternative to New Relic APM
🎯 Best for:Java developers who want to avoid vendor lock-in while maintaining high-quality application telemetry.
What is micrometer?
An application metrics facade that allows developers to instrument code once and export data to any supported monitoring system. It functions as the 'SLF4J for metrics', decoupling application code from specific observability backends.
Tech Stack
JavaMonitoring & Logs
Why micrometer?
- • Vendor-neutral API
- • Dimensional metrics support
- • Deep Spring Boot integration
Limitations
- • Java ecosystem only
- • Requires manual instrumentation
- • No built-in visualization
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
285
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on New Relic APM)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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