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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) and Nagios Log Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. Nagios Log Server Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well.""It's easy to use.""The most valuable feature is the multi-cloud integration, where there is support for both GCP and AWS.""Google's technical support is very good.""I like the monitoring feature.""The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use.""We find the solution to be stable.""Provides visibility into the performance uptime."

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"One of the most valuable features is the dashboard because the UI was effective and easy to use. The alert systems are good as well. We had no failovers and had high availability. We can search the queries fast as well in Nagios Log Server.""The product is scalable.""A great feature of the solution involves its internal portal.""It provides an easy way to identify errors and spot issues, making troubleshooting more efficient.""The initial setup of Nagios Log Server was easy and straightforward."

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Cons
"Lacking sufficient operations documentation.""The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient.""It could be more stable.""This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana.""It could be even more automated.""If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver.""The logging functionality could be better.""While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."

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"The configurations during initial setup could be improved. If they could be agentless, as in the case of the Ansible product, it would be better. I would like to be able to analyze the network bandwidth.""As we are talking about a product which is open to the public, the pricing makes it challenging for us to profit off of its marketing.""The support could be better.""The customization and dashboards have shortcomings and need to be improved to make the tool look more presentable.""It would be beneficial for Nagios to incorporate a tool that goes beyond log management and includes features to monitor overall system health and assess the effectiveness of antivirus solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."
  • "The cost could be lower."
  • "We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."
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  • "We found the pricing to be quite affordable."
  • "For a single instance, the price is around $4,000."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap, I rate the pricing an eight or nine."
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    Top Answer:It could be even more automated. For instance, the moment you deploy something, the monitoring can be there for everything. You will just have to launch or click the console in the morning, and then… more »
    Top Answer:It provides an easy way to identify errors and spot issues, making troubleshooting more efficient.
    Top Answer:My company pays around 500 to 1,000 USD per year toward the licensing cost of the solution. For support, we need to pay extra to Nagios. The solution's price is low. On a scale of one to ten, where… more »
    Top Answer:It would be beneficial for Nagios to incorporate a tool that goes beyond log management and includes features to monitor overall system health and assess the effectiveness of antivirus solutions.
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    28th
    out of 94 in Log Management
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    5
    Average Words per Review
    274
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    7.8
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
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    Also Known As
    Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring
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    Overview

    Real-time log management and analysis

    Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services inside and outside of Google Cloud. Get advanced performance, troubleshooting, security, and business insights with Log Analytics, integrating the power of BigQuery into Cloud Logging.

    Built-in metrics observability at scale

    Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications. Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud services, hosted uptime probes, application instrumentation, and a variety of common application components. Visualize this data on charts and dashboards and create alerts so you are notified when metrics are outside of expected ranges.

    Stand-alone managed service for running and scaling Prometheus

    Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, built on top of the same globally scalable data store as Cloud Monitoring. Keep your existing visualization, analysis, and alerting services, as this data can be queried with PromQL or Cloud Monitoring.

    Monitor and improve your application's performance

    Application Performance Management (APM) combines the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with Cloud Trace and Cloud Profiler to help you reduce latency and cost so you can run more efficient applications.

    Nagios Enterprises delivers official products, services, and solutions for and around Nagios – the industry standard in enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring. With millions of users worldwide, Nagios is the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space. Our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure total customer satisfaction with all the services we provide. Our extensive network of partners helps extend Nagios services and solutions to new organizations and markets worldwide to meet a variety of business needs. Nagios Enterprises was founded in 2007 by Ethan Galstad. Ethan created what would later become known as Nagios in 1999, and currently serves as the President of Nagios Enterprises.

    Sample Customers
    Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games
    IBM, impulse, wipro, comteco
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider29%
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government8%
    Retailer8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. Nagios Log Server
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. Nagios Log Server and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is ranked 28th in Log Management with 9 reviews while Nagios Log Server is ranked 36th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is rated 7.8, while Nagios Log Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) writes "Good logging and tracing but does need more profiling capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios Log Server writes "A scalable and affordable tool for monitoring data centers ". Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is most compared with AWS X-Ray, Datadog, Azure Monitor, Grafana and Amazon CloudWatch, whereas Nagios Log Server is most compared with Wazuh, Graylog, LogRhythm SIEM, syslog-ng and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server. See our Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. Nagios Log Server report.

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