We performed a comparison between Azure Monitor and Prometheus based on real PeerSpot user reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Monitor is the preferred option over Prometheus due to its comprehensive features and seamless integration with other Microsoft technologies. It offers log analysis, graphs, charts, and reporting, making it a convenient one-stop-shop for monitoring all resources. Although Prometheus is highly flexible and compatible, it lacks user-friendly visualization tools and a reliable customer service system.
"The solution's most valuable features are its ability to focus on delivery and maximizing the performance of applications and services."
"It's a service from Microsoft, so it will scale."
"The upside to the solution is if you are working in a Microsoft or Azure environment, it makes things easier."
"For me, the best feature is the log analysis with Azure Monitor's Log Analytics. Without being able to analyze the logs of all the activities that affect the performance of a machine, your monitoring effectiveness will be severely limited."
"The solution integrates well with the Microsoft platform."
"The solution works well overall. It's easy to implement and simple to use."
"Azure Monitor is very stable."
"Recently, they have improved their integration with other resources, so we get even more robust data."
"The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Prometheus is the ease of pulling the metrics."
"The most valuable features of Prometheus for metrics collection and monitoring are its stability, robustness, and rich set of features."
"It is an efficient solution."
"It is a stable solution...Based on the feedback I have received from my colleagues in our company's IT department, the setup phase of the solution is relatively easy."
"The product’s scalability is valuable."
"Prometheus provides a flexible and adjustable querying and describing time, allowing for more responsive monitoring."
"I need connectivity with cost management."
"This solution has fewer features than some of its competitors, so adding more features to it would make it better."
"The process of implementation needs to be easier."
"The solution should have cross-connection or cross-communication between tech partners."
"Automation related to gathering metrics from more applications could be improved."
"We encounter some difficulties in monitoring the operating system on its own."
"When something goes down, we want the option to have automation in place to get it back up again as quickly as possible."
"have used multiple products like Webex and PRTG. Some features could be added. Azure Monitor should add SMS and APIs. We have very limited access to Azure Monitor. I usually get alerts on my phone when they are integrated with Slack. I am not always available, but my team is. Sometimes, I am traveling and don't have access to my email, but I have Slack and other third-party projects that send me instant messages if a sensor goes down."
"If you want to collect details of metrics, you should be able to write a query for it directly. I want the product to offer better queries for the metrics."
"Prometheus can definitely improve its visualization. For example, the matrices represented in Prometheus do not have a very good visualization on their dashboard."
"There is a need for a more comprehensive overview of exporters, especially when dealing with many of them."
"Prometheus' UI color can improve. Using the Prometheus UI for configuration or analyzing queries is a horrible experience."
"The solution has shortcomings regarding security monitoring-oriented features to support custom use cases, like out-of-the-box test scenarios and threat-related use cases of its users."
"Prometheus can be initially difficult for users since it has its query language, PromQL. The minimalistic interface is complicated to understand. They need to improve their interface so that users who don't know PromQL can also use it. You can only leverage the tool when you know PromQL."
"Its documentation could be clearer to understand."
"Setting up the rules in Prometheus can be confusing, making it an area where improvements are required."
Azure Monitor is ranked 4th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 44 reviews while Prometheus is ranked 9th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 32 reviews. Azure Monitor is rated 7.6, while Prometheus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Monitor writes "A powerful Kusto query language but the alerting mechanism needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prometheus writes "A very flexible open box that can be used vastly to do anything you need". Azure Monitor is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace, Sentry, Grafana and New Relic, whereas Prometheus is most compared with New Relic, Dynatrace, Sentry, AWS X-Ray and ITRS Geneos. See our Azure Monitor vs. Prometheus report.
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