We performed a comparison between Prometheus and Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability."Prometheus is an open-source product that helps mold and improve it per our requirements. It is a lightweight solution that gives you many different metrics you can use in your application. The product offers complete granularity of your infrastructure. It integrates seamlessly with other tools like Grafana, which offers dashboard visibility. Prometheus is an extensively used product. I haven't seen any organization that is not using it."
"The solution can be deployed in thirty minutes."
"The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats."
"The most valuable feature of Prometheus is its ability to collect metrics."
"It is an efficient solution."
"It has lots of APIs and libraries to integrate with any kind of language."
"The solution offers an easy way to install and scratch values."
"The product has an easy-to-understand interface."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy."
"The UI and GUI are areas of concern in the product."
"The product must improve its documentation."
"If you are not quite technical, it can be pretty hard to understand the way it works and how to query data in Prometheus."
"Lacks the ability to clusterize."
"The setup could be made easier for new users because it requires a bit of advance knowledge or experience."
"There is a need for a more comprehensive overview of exporters, especially when dealing with many of them."
"The primary area where Prometheus could be improved is in terms of pricing, particularly when used with managed services."
"Prometheus requires improvement on the query side."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy. The solution is deployed on-premises."
Prometheus is ranked 9th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 32 reviews while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is ranked 42nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 1 review. Prometheus is rated 8.4, while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Prometheus writes "A very flexible open box that can be used vastly to do anything you need". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) writes "A stable tool with an easy setup phase that provides ease of use to its users". Prometheus is most compared with Azure Monitor, New Relic, Dynatrace, Sentry and AWS X-Ray, whereas Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is most compared with Sentry, Chronosphere and Splunk APM.
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