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Pinpoint vs Tinylytics
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Pinpoint and Tinylytics — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Pinpoint vs Tinylytics: at a glance
What is Pinpoint?
Pinpoint 4.0 takes OpenTelemetry traces without its agent; 3.1.1 tames reactive overhead.
Pinpoint, the open-source APM, opened its 4.0 line on 29 October: services on by default, OpenTelemetry traces ingested without the Pinpoint agent, and service-based alarms. A month earlier, 3.1.1 cut agent overhead on Reactor, WebFlux and Kotlin coroutine workloads, added Spring Framework 7 compatibility and hardened the Web and Batch modules, with no schema changes.
What is Tinylytics?
Tinylytics adds account-wide IP ignores and monitoring-only sites
Tinylytics now lets users ignore IP addresses across all their sites at once and switch a site to monitoring only, with new embed options. October brought a simpler embed script, exclusion of cloud-network and Tor traffic, an Ultra-only SEO audit that uses an AI model to rank fixes, and automatic form tracking.
Pinpoint vs Tinylytics: editorial side-by-side
Pinpoint
3.8ANALYTICS
Pinpoint 4.0 takes OpenTelemetry traces without its agent; 3.1.1 tames reactive overhead.
◆ Current state
Pinpoint, the open-source APM, opened its 4.0 line on 29 October: services on by default, OpenTelemetry traces ingested without the Pinpoint agent, and service-based alarms. A month earlier, 3.1.1 cut agent overhead on Reactor, WebFlux and Kotlin coroutine workloads, added Spring Framework 7 compatibility and hardened the Web and Batch modules, with no schema changes.
◆ Where it's heading
Pinpoint is loosening the tie between its backend and its own Java agent, which widens who can send it data. The 3.x line keeps the agent fast on modern reactive stacks while 4.0 takes the platform changes, the same split between rare structural jumps and steady patch work seen across 3.0 and 3.1.
◆ Prediction
Expect 4.0.x patches settling OpenTelemetry ingest and the services model, with 3.1.x receiving backports in parallel as 3.0.x did after 3.1.0.
Tinylytics
5.0ANALYTICS
Tinylytics adds account-wide IP ignores and monitoring-only sites
◆ Current state
Tinylytics now lets users ignore IP addresses across all their sites at once and switch a site to monitoring only, with new embed options. October brought a simpler embed script, exclusion of cloud-network and Tor traffic, an Ultra-only SEO audit that uses an AI model to rank fixes, and automatic form tracking.
◆ Where it's heading
Most recent releases are about cleaner numbers: bot filtering, network exclusions and now account-level IP rules. The SEO audit and MCP tooling are the only moves outside that, both on the higher plans.
◆ Prediction
More account-level settings that apply across sites are likely, following the IP rules; the entries do not show a new product area coming.
Alternatives to Pinpoint and Tinylytics
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Pinpoint or Tinylytics.
OpenReplay
OpenReplay lets self-hosters block the hosts a recorded session can make its asset cacher fetch.
OpenHouse
OpenHouse records why table maintenance fails and adds timezone-aware retention.
OpenCTI
OpenCTI accepts Filigran licenses and closes a draft-access hole in its TAXII routes.
InfluxDB
InfluxDB keeps patching its 3.11 and 3.12 lines, now with a catalog repair tool.
Basedash
Basedash adds verified dashboards so teams know which numbers to trust.
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Recent activity from Pinpoint and Tinylytics
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5h agoTinylyticsAccount-wide IP ignore rules, monitoring-only sites and new embed options
- 6d agoPinpoint4.0.0 release ⚡
- 8d agoTinylyticsA simpler embed script, cleaner stats and archiving that keeps your history
- 15d agoTinylyticsAn SEO audit with a ranked fix list, page names, and imports that keep their dates
- 20d agoTinylyticsAutomatic form tracking, a Direct row in Referrers, and more countries in email reports
- 29d agoTinylyticsStat cards, new widget looks, Developer mode, and achievements
- 1mo agoPinpointPinpoint 3.1.1 cuts agent overhead on reactive Java apps
- 1mo agoTinylyticsCleaner stats: Singapore bot traffic is now filtered out
- 5mo agoPinpoint3.1.0 rebuilds ServerMap and lifts application names to 254 characters ⚡
- 7mo agoPinpoint3.0.5: backports and a move to Central Portal publishing
- 11mo agoPinpoint3.0.4 adds Java 26, Kafka Streams and nested Spring Boot JAR support
- 1y agoPinpoint3.0.3 adds an S3 client plugin and Kafka 4.x compatibility
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Pinpoint and Tinylytics?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Tinylytics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 1. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Pinpoint better than Tinylytics?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Tinylytics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 1. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Pinpoint?
Top Pinpoint alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Pinpoint alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/pinpoint for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tinylytics?
Top Tinylytics alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tinylytics alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tinylytics for the full list with editorial commentary on each.