PerfView vs Pyroscope

PerfView

5.1 #18 in Profiling Software

About PerfView

Pyroscope

5.7 #14 in eBPF Observability Tools

About Pyroscope
PerfViewPyroscope
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—$19/mo
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsWindowsLinux, macOS, Web, Windows
Free planYesYes
Profiling modessamplingboth
Supported languagesC/C++, .NET, JScriptC/C++, Go, Rust, Zig, Java, .NET, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Perl
CPU profilingYesYes
Memory profilingYesYes
Thread profilingYesYes
Deployment modeldesktop—

Both are listed in Best Profiling Software. On Inferse, Pyroscope scores higher on our published basis.