Which client types does Alibaba Cloud Tracing Analysis support?

Alibaba Cloud Tracing Analysis specifically supports Jaeger and Zipkin as its client types. Both Jaeger and Zipkin are popular distributed tracing systems that allow developers to monitor and troubleshoot complex, microservices-based architectures by tracking requests as they flow through various services. By supporting these two clients, Alibaba Cloud enables users to easily integrate their existing tracing solutions into the Tracing Analysis service, simplifying the process of collecting and analyzing trace data.

Jaeger is particularly known for its performance, robustness, and cloud-native capabilities, while Zipkin provides a simple way to store and retrieve trace data. Together, they cover a wide range of use cases for developers and help in gaining insights into application performance.

The other options include clients or tools that are not specifically designed for tracing analysis, making them incompatible with Alibaba Cloud's Tracing Analysis. While Kinesis is a data streaming service, Prometheus is primarily a monitoring system, and Grafana is a visualization tool. These tools serve different purposes and do not integrate with Alibaba Cloud Tracing Analysis for the specific use of distributed tracing.