5 self-hosted Datadog APM alternatives

Datadog APM is a popular proprietary tool in the monitoring & status space. These open-source apps let you replace Datadog APM with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Datadog APM alternatives

Jaeger

Monitoring & Status

End-to-end distributed tracing for microservices

Replaces Datadog APM, New Relic

★ 23.1k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Zipkin

Monitoring & Status

Distributed tracing system for latency troubleshooting

Replaces Datadog APM

★ 17.5k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Grafana Tempo

Monitoring & Status

Easy-to-operate, high-scale distributed tracing backend

Replaces Datadog APM

★ 5.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Grafana Beyla

Monitoring & Status

Zero-code eBPF auto-instrumentation for application metrics

Replaces Datadog APM, New Relic

★ 2.1k Medium setup Apache-2.0

PHP-FPM Exporter

Monitoring & Status

Prometheus exporter for PHP-FPM process pool metrics

Replaces New Relic PHP, Datadog APM

★ 719 Easy setup MIT

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Switching from Datadog APM

Moving off Datadog APM means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.