Zipkin
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Open-source distributed tracing system for collecting timing data to troubleshoot latency problems in microservices architectures.
Overview
Zipkin is a proven lightweight distributed tracing system that remains a solid choice for teams needing simple, reliable request tracing across microservices, though Jaeger and OpenTelemetry are increasingly preferred for new deployments.
Pros
- +Lightweight and easy to deploy
- +Well-established with broad language support
- +Simple architecture compared to alternatives
Cons
- -Less feature-rich than Jaeger for complex scenarios
- -UI is basic compared to commercial tools
- -Community activity has slowed relative to OpenTelemetry-native tools
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