A comparative analysis of profiling tools

One of the great things about using profiling tools is that we have several options available to us. This section reviews the top six profiling tools featured in this chapter, using the following categories:

• Performance overhead
• Accuracy
• Ease of use
• Integration
• Cost

By following each category analysis, we will score each of these profiling tools to see how they stack up against each other.

Performance overhead

When comparing profiling tools, it is important to consider their performance overhead. This factor can help you select the right tool for your use case. Here is a review of the performance overhead for our six selected profiling tools:

• IntelliJ IDEA Profiler: This tool has moderate overhead and is suitable for development and testing; however, it is not ideal for production environments, especially with high-load applications.
• JMC: Minimal overhead is one of JMC’s strongest features...