skywalking
The premium Open Source alternative to New Relic
🎯 Best for:Large-scale microservices and service mesh observability
What is skywalking?
Replaces proprietary APM tools for monitoring large-scale distributed systems. Analyzes service performance, database access, and service mesh health across polyglot environments.
Tech Stack
JavaMonitoring & Logs
Why skywalking?
- • Polyglot support
- • No-code agent injection
- • Powerful topology graphs
Limitations
- • Steep learning curve
- • Heavy backend requirements
- • Complex configuration
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
54
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on New Relic)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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