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Papertrail vs Zipkin

A side-by-side look at Papertrail and Zipkin. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Papertrail

Papertrail

Network & Admin

Papertrail is a cloud-based log management service that aggregates and archives log data in real-time. It allows developers and IT teams to easily search, analyze, and set alerts on application and system logs.

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Zipkin

Zipkin

Development

Zipkin is an open source distributed tracing system. It is used to gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in microservice architectures. Zipkin helps gather timing data related to inter-service calls and provides tools to visualize this data.

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