Zipkin
X Corp., Bastrop, Texas, United StatesZipkin is a distributed tracing system originally developed by Twitter.
According to our data, Zipkin ranks 20th among the application monitoring tools we track.
It has 0.3% of the application monitoring market share and is detected on 0.01% of all websites.
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Zipkin User💸 Pricing
Zipkin is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Application Monitoring
- Rank: 20
- Market share: 0.3%
🏆 Zipkin Awards
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Germany in the Application Monitoring category.
- 🔥 12nd most popular in Spain in the Application Monitoring category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Australia in the Application Monitoring category.
⚡ Sites Using Zipkin
We have data on 390 websites that use the Zipkin application monitoring tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Zipkin is netflix.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #19 | United States | English | |
| 2 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 3 | #86 | English | ||
| 4 | #178 | United States | American English | |
| 5 |  itunes.apple.com |
United States | American English | |
| 6 | #359 | English | ||
| 7 | #988 | American English | ||
| 8 | Netherlands | English | ||
| 9 | #2,836 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #3,479 | United States | American English | |
| 11 | #3,868 | English | ||
| 12 | #5,441 | Poland | Polish | |
| 13 | #6,051 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 14 | #6,348 | United States | English | |
| 15 | #7,292 | Germany | German | |
| 16 | #7,543 | Poland | Polish | |
| 17 | #8,158 | American English | ||
| 18 | #8,170 | United States | English | |
| 19 | #8,962 | China | Chinese | |
| 20 | #8,997 | United States | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Zipkin:
- are located in Germany
- have content in German
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Zipkin are from Germany, the United States, and Spain.
- Germany 36.9%
- United States 10%
- Spain 6.4%
- Australia 6.1%
- Switzerland 5.6%
- China 5.3%
- Finland 5%
- Poland 3.6%
- Netherlands 2.8%
- Other 18.3%
Most Zipkin users speak German, English, or Spanish.
- German 34.6%
- English 34.4%
- Spanish 6.5%
- Finnish 4.2%
- French 3.6%
- Polish 3.4%
- Chinese 2.9%
- Dutch 2.1%
- Italian 1.8%
- Other 6.5%
The Zipkin application monitoring tool is especially popular on .com and .de top-level domains.
- .com 34.1%
- .de 22.1%
- .ch 4.9%
- .fi 4.6%
- .io 3.8%
- .pl 3.3%
- .es 2.6%
- .shop 2.3%
- .fr 1.5%
- Other 20.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Zipkin include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and general news.
- Online Shopping 16.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.6%
- General News 9.3%
- Business 6.2%
- Blogs/Wiki 6.2%
- Entertainment 5.4%
- Finance/Banking 5.4%
- Software/Hardware 4.7%
- Motor Vehicles 3.9%
- Other 31%
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What is the company behind Zipkin?
Zipkin is owned by X Corp., headquartered in Bastrop, Texas, United States.
Can I use Zipkin for free?
Yes, it is a free application monitoring tool.
Moreover, it is an open-source solution, and its code is available on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Zipkin the most?
The majority of Zipkin users are from Germany.
Who uses Zipkin?
According to our data, Zipkin is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as netflix.com,
nytimes.com, and nature.com.
How does Zipkin stack up against the competition?
Zipkin is a moderately popular application monitoring tool, ranking ahead of 20 other application monitoring tools we track.
What are the alternatives to Zipkin?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Zipkin may include 
Sentry, 
New Relic, and 
Akamai mPulse.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.