Glassbox Features and Benefits

100% free and open source.
Web application: deploy it and open its user interface in a browser.
Diagnose problems with one click without requiring source-code knowledge.
Concise English output reduces miscommunication.
Measures SLA violations so teams can prioritize material issues.
Low overhead is designed to minimize impact on production applications.
Plug-and-play deployment requires no source or build changes.
Adapts automatically to application code; no application training is required.
Monitor or troubleshoot multiple agents simultaneously from the same client.
Release-candidate improvements
More than nine months of improvements since the beta.
Improved installation, additional platforms, and improved automation.
More monitors for additional frameworks and issue types.
Improved integration APIs.
Additional testing and bug fixes.
Faults identified out of the box
Slow, failed, or broken database queries and connections
Failing or slow Java
Bottlenecks and thread contention
Slow or failing web services and remote procedure calls
Inefficient Java code
Faulty HTTP
Java Mail issues
Broken FTP
Provides conclusive diagnoses instead of piles of logs and reports.
Uses a simple web-based list/detail interface.
Uses standards-based monitoring without custom byte-code manipulation.
Supported technology
Platforms: Windows, Linux, and Solaris
Java 6: Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM JVMs
Java 5: Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM Java 1.5 JVMs
Other Java versions: 1.4.x JVMs from Sun, BEA JRockit, and IBM
Databases: Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2, and SQL Server
Application servers: Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss, Oracle OC4J, WebSphere, and Resin
Check with Appvance for support status for additional platforms; support was being expanded.
Uses standards-based AspectJ and JMX infrastructure.
No licensing restrictions on where Glassbox 2.0 can run.
Last updated: October 15, 2026
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