Grafana Pyroscope vs Thanos

Grafana Pyroscope vs Thanos
Fact	Grafana Pyroscope	Thanos
Language	Go	Go
Licence	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Stars	12k	14k
Latest	v2.3.1	v0.42.4
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-10-06
Release cadence	about 7 days between releases	about 5 days between releases
Active contributors	23 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	30 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Datadog. Alternatives to Datadog →
PartialGrafana PyroscopeContinuous profiling only, the part Datadog sells as its Continuous Profiler.
PartialThanosLong-term metrics storage only.

v2.3.12026-09-08Updated google.golang.org/grpc to v1.83.1, addressing CVE-2026-84304 (#5581, #5582).
v2.2.22026-09-08Updated go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 to v3.6.14, addressing CVE-2026-73500 (#5527).
v2.3.02026-08-24Added a balanced query planner (#5501).
v2.2.12026-08-06Updated github.com/getkin/kin-openapi to v0.144.0, addressing GHSA-r277-6w6q-xmqw (#5416).
v2.1.22026-08-06Updated github.com/getkin/kin-openapi to v0.144.0, addressing GHSA-r277-6w6q-xmqw (#5417).

v0.42.42026-07-30Had to do another version release due to broken base image SHAs. No changes.
v0.42.32026-07-29Fixes a small bug - like before now Receive on shutdown creates a new block and uploads it.
v0.42.22026-07-17Had to do another version release due to broken base image SHAs. No changes.
v0.42.12026-07-16This change fixes a small issue regarding timeouts in the Shipper component in the Receiver - we've accidentally set th…
v0.42.02026-07-08The biggest new things in this release are, I think, Receive component's improvements regarding tenant's lifecycle hand…

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