# Zipkin: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/zipkin

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 56 | 40% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Good for: Lightweight, focused tracing needs" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, APM)

## And against it

- "Jaeger/Tempo/Zipkin or Prometheus/Grafana alone when you expect a complete, turnkey APM experience" (Perplexity Sonar, APM)
- "be cautious about: High operational overhead" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, APM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Zipkin, from 8 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- coralogix.com: 6
- atatus.com: 5
- g2.com: 4
- netdata.cloud: 4
- signoz.io: 4
- github.com: 3
- motadata.com: 3
- newrelic.com: 3
- bugsink.com: 2
- drdroid.io: 2

### Pages cited

- https://coralogix.com/guides/application-performance-monitoring/application-performance-monitoring-open-source-10-tools-to-know: 5
- https://coralogix.com/guides/application-performance-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://atatus.com/guides/cheapest-apm-solutions: 3
- https://motadata.com/blog/best-apm-tools: 3
- https://netdata.cloud/resources/best-application-performance-monitoring-tools: 3
- https://signoz.io/blog/open-source-apm-tools: 3
- https://atatus.com/guides/free-apm-tools: 2
- https://bugsink.com/blog/you-dont-need-application-performance-monitoring: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.