Molten

The premium Open Source alternative to AppDynamics

🎯 Best for:High-traffic PHP applications needing low-latency tracing.
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What is Molten?

A high-performance PHP probe implemented as a C extension for capturing distributed tracing data. It supports Zipkin and OpenTracing protocols to provide visibility into legacy and modern PHP environments.

Tech Stack
CMonitoring & Logs

Why Molten?

  • Extremely low CPU overhead
  • Transparent instrumentation
  • Zipkin compatibility

Limitations

  • Requires C compilation
  • Limited documentation
  • PHP version specific builds
2/15/2026
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Apache-2.0
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
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$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
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