Valgrind comparisons
Valgrind is compared head-to-head with Intel VTune Profiler, AMD uProf and Pyroscope and more: 7 head-to-heads in Profiling Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Valgrind head-to-head
- Valgrind vs Intel VTune Profiler
- Valgrind vs AMD uProf
- Valgrind vs Pyroscope
- Valgrind vs Google Cloud Profiler
- Valgrind vs JProfiler
- Valgrind vs Amazon CodeGuru Profiler
- Valgrind vs JetBrains dotTrace
Valgrind vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Profiling modes | Supported languages | CPU profiling | Memory profiling | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Valgrind | Free | Instrumentation | C, C++, Rust, assembly | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 1 | Intel VTune Profiler | Yes | Free | Both | C, C++, C#, Fortran, Java, OpenCL, Python, Go, SYCL, .NET, Assembly | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | AMD uProf | Free | Both | C, C++, Fortran, Assembly, Java, Python, .NET | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 3 | Pyroscope | Yes | $19/mo | Both | C/C++, Go, Rust, Zig, Java, .NET, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Perl | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 4 | Google Cloud Profiler | Yes | Free | Sampling | Go, Java, Node.js, Python | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | JProfiler | No | Both | Java, Kotlin | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 7 | Amazon CodeGuru Profiler | No | $0.005/unit/mo | Sampling | Java/JVM languages; Python 3.6 or later | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 8 | JetBrains dotTrace | No | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
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