http://java-performance.info/introduction-jmh-profilers/

Another blog of discussion of difference profiler - http://blog.orange11.nl/2012/03/13/java-profiler-comparison/

Introduction to jmap, visualvm and btrace - http://www.infoq.com/articles/java-profiling-with-open-source

JMP http://www.khelekore.org/jmp/ is an easy to setup and provide real time data choice. However it will crash JVM occasionally. So may be the one using web interface is better for us: http://oss.metaparadigm.com/jmemprof/

Articles -
Onjava - http://www.onjava.com/lpt/a/6689
Eclipsecolorer profiler, however that plugin require you install binary yourself, somehow tedious if you move from one machine to another machine - http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=EclipseProfiler&asrc=EM_NLN_476666

A total java version of profiler!!: http://jiprof.sourceforge.net

Few other profiler haven't get time to try:
Free:
http://jcoverage.sourceforge.net/
http://www.tagtraum.com/gcviewer.html
http://profiler4j.sourceforge.net/
http://www.jamonapi.com

Eclipse plugin:
http://jmechanic.sourceforge.net/
http://eclipsecolorer.sourceforge.net/index_profiler.html
http://www.eclipse.org/mat/

Need $$:
http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/jprofiler/overview.html

See if the information useful.

How to measure with less than milli second - http://www.rationaljava.com/2015/10/measuring-microsecond-in-java.html

Unleash the Power of Open Source Java Profilers: Comparing VisualVM, JMC, and async-profiler - https://www.infoq.com/articles/open-source-java-profilers/ https://www.infoq.cn/article/yO6pjms5izsxK5YrZ036