AWS Auto Scaling vs ITRS Geneos comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ITRS are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.8, while ITRS is ranked #35 with an average rating of 5.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 0.4% mindshare in APM, compared to ITRS’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of ITRS users who would recommend it.

AWS Auto Scaling

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ITRS Geneos

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

ITRS Geneos and AWS Auto Scaling are highly-rated monitoring and scalability solutions, respectively. ITRS Geneos holds the upper hand in detailed monitoring and alerting, while AWS Auto Scaling excels in automated scalability features and performance management.

Features: ITRS Geneos offers detailed monitoring, real-time alerting, and comprehensive system metrics reporting. AWS Auto Scaling automatically adjusts capacity, integrates well with AWS services, and has efficient scaling policies.

Room for Improvement: ITRS Geneos could enhance ease of use and integration capabilities. AWS Auto Scaling could improve documentation and offer more customization options for scaling policies.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ITRS Geneos deployment is straightforward, but more support is needed during complex setups. AWS Auto Scaling provides seamless deployment through AWS infrastructure, though better support insights are occasionally needed.

Pricing and ROI: ITRS Geneos has a higher initial setup cost, justified by detailed data insights. AWS Auto Scaling offers a clear, usage-based pricing model, often yielding a better return on investment due to automatic scaling efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

15th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ITRS Geneos

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

35th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (64th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (44th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ITRS Geneos is 1.0%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
AWS Auto Scaling	0.4%
ITRS Geneos	1.0%
Other	98.6%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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Ishaka Michael Efe

DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech

Automation has simplified traffic management and improved workload efficiency

I'm not really sure what improvements I would want to see in AWS Auto Scaling because I haven't really used it extensively or explored most of it. To the extent that I've used it so far, I think it is very good. I can't really say for certain what should be improved because I haven't really explored it a lot. However, what I've been using it for has been very good. If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help. If there could be more documentation and training on it, that would be beneficial.

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DeepakR

Site Reliability Engineer(Observability) at Sapiens

If one server fails, the agent will automatically be reinstalled

ITRS Geneos is a legacy system. It predicts or provides proactive measures once an issue is resolved. It doesn't offer any predictive capabilities or root cause analysis. They throw a lot of data if there's a 90% error. You need to check which process is consuming more CPU and determine the root cause for yourself. You need to troubleshoot it manually. This legacy system could introduce predictive analysis and root cause identification. They are reluctant to switch to newer solutions, which may require writing queries to fetch data. Manually logging into servers, checking CPU usage, identifying processes, and determining root causes is time-consuming. Once the root cause is identified, the issue can be resolved efficiently. The manual troubleshooting process is time-consuming. The content is not openly available in the market. If you search for it somewhere, it is not readily accessible. If you want to try it out, no trial version is available. Therefore, it will be challenging to learn. Loading ITRS is difficult, as you need to purchase it first. Secondly, only a few people are knowledgeable about ITRS in the market, making it challenging to find resources. Thirdly, the documentation must be well-documented, making finding content or training material hard. The UI also needs to be updated, which adds to the difficulty.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a stable platform."

"It can scale."

"When a lot of traffic comes into our organization, the product scales our instances based on our environment’s requirements."

"The solution's monitoring effectively monitors our application and CPU utilization."

"It helps us to reduce the cost."

"The product provides self-healing features."

"The tool gives you the flexibility to scale up and grow. The solution is also fast to deploy."

"I would highly recommend Auto Scaling to others because it is a fantastic feature that simplifies scaling processes and makes deployment efficient."

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"The great advantage of this tool is real-time monitoring."

"ITRS uses SNMP to communicate with our devices as well as SNMP net probes installed on our servers."

"One of the most valuable features is that it can be configured by non-developers. It doesn't require development expertise to configure it."

"Ability to monitor logs for potential issues to prevent app outages before problems get a chance to arise. That's invaluable for our teams in a fast-paced trading environment."

"The NetProbe carries over 100 samplers which are capable of monitoring hardware, OS, and the application layer."

"The remarkable feature of Geneos is the dashboard. Geneos' flexible dashboard sets it apart from other monitoring tools. Other solutions have limitations in their dashboard design and can't be customized as much. The Geneos dashboard allows unlimited creativity."

"The biggest benefit of Geneos is the fact that we can clearly see, if we have an alert, where that alert has come from. We can see the data around that alert and anything that might be relevant is also shown. We can very easily right-click and see why we've received that alert. That's the best part about it, that you've got all the data there with the alerting."

"It's a very powerful application monitoring tool across the industry. Many free, open-source tools are available. There are also paid tools, but ITRS Geneos is a real-time application monitoring tool where the user can monitor, self-configure, and manage alerts through their console."

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Cons

"The tool must include AI features."

"We can have more auto scaling algorithms implemented in AWS Auto Scaling."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

"If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help."

"The solution must improve automation."

"The only area of improvement is the speed at which servers are launched. When cleaning up to six servers at a time, it can take up to 15 to 20 minutes to launch new servers."

"Setting up the configuration involves too much work for the cloud engineer, like configuring the ALB, the target group, and all the steps."

"The tool's stability could be improved."

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"ITRS have started to make some major changes that we haven't taken on board yet, in the creation of dashboards and more visibility of the metrics that we collect. At the moment, that's something that's lacking, but I know they have addressed it. Still, it’s not that easy to create stuff to help with visibility and dashboarding in Geneos."

"There is one drawback to using lightweight data collection: we lack the feature of observability based on time series, such as historical model data. This makes it difficult to view data in ITRS. ITRS needs to improve this feature."

"Currently, it is difficult to monitor secure websites using SSL or with SSO enabled."

"It needs to be easier to configure, especially with the JMX plugins."

"They have the Webslinger solution where you can see when something is alerting. It's a little bit cumbersome."

"Their cloud monitoring solution needs to be improved. I have already given them the feedback that it's not capable of meeting the latest technology needs."

"I would also like to see suggested guidelines to accomplish a monitoring task. The issue is that ITRS is so flexible that there is more than one way to complete a task, each with benefits and disadvantages."

"The ITA, the post-incident analytics, could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has moderate pricing."

"AWS Auto Scaling's price is high."

"The pricing is good. I have not had any customers that have complained about the price."

"AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution."

"The product is expensive."

"AWS Auto Scaling is a cheap solution."

"AWS Auto Scaling is a pay-per-use and pay-as-you-use service."

"The licensing cost may seem expensive upfront. However, the service is outstanding, the tool does things that no other tools can do, and the customizability more than makes up for the cost of licensing."

"The organization is not just purchasing a license for the product, but also managing services and professional services from ITRS. Another factor is if the implementation is going to be in production, non-production, or both."

"It is expensive. They have to look at the model around when we move to cloud and how that's going to work. The licensing cost does pay off because of the improvements in support to our business."

"When I first came in, their pricing was very high. ITRS had a high expectation of what their price should be based on perceived value. I think they have been realizing, more recently, that there are other competitors, so their pricing is a lot better. Licensing for on-premise is okay, however I feel there is quite some work to be done for cloud and containers. We're still working with them to try and work out what that pricing should look like."

"The pricing is fairly market-related. They have been very lenient because we have been working with them for so long. An example is that we're currently migrating some of our services to AWS, and they've given us a grace period for some of the things to help with the migration and not to grow additional costs while we are migrating, but it's still on par with the market."

"The market tools are on par with this solution, but if the solution included more features, then it would be well within the range for the cost."

"The product is priced quite high. There are pricing options for customers based on the size of the environment and plug-ins used by the monitoring system."

"Pricing and licensing is based on the requirements."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

69%

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	39

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Auto Scaling?

The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. W...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?

I'm not sure about the pricing aspect of AWS Auto Scaling or the cost of it.

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What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ITRS Geneos?

The pricing is high. Licensing fees might be around 500$ per server monthly.

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What needs improvement with ITRS Geneos?

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What is your primary use case for ITRS Geneos?

ITRS offers multiple products, including upgrades for synthetic monitoring and a SaaS platform. Geneos is used for infrastructure monitoring, covering KPIs such as CPU, memory, processes, network l...

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Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling

Geneos

Overview

AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. Using AWS Auto Scaling, it’s easy to setup application scaling for multiple resources across multiple services in minutes. The service provides a simple, powerful user interface that lets you build scaling plans for resources including Amazon EC2 instances and Spot Fleets, Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon DynamoDB tables and indexes, and Amazon Aurora Replicas. AWS Auto Scaling makes scaling simple with recommendations that allow you to optimize performance, costs, or balance between them. If you’re already using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to dynamically scale your Amazon EC2 instances, you can now combine it with AWS Auto Scaling to scale additional resources for other AWS services. With AWS Auto Scaling, your applications always have the right resources at the right time.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

ITRS Geneos is a real-time monitoring tool designed for managing increasingly complex, hybrid and interconnected IT estates.

Built with financial services and trading organisations in mind, it collects a wide range of data relating to server performance, infrastructure, trading, connectivity and applications, and analyses it to provide relevant information and alerts in real time.

Geneos can give full stack visibility across highly dynamic environments and presents all the information through a single pane of glass and its configurable and customisable dashboards provide end-to-end visibility to both technical and business users.

For more information, please visit https://www.itrsgroup.com/products/geneos

ITRS

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

ITRS Geneos is used by over 170 financial institutions, including JPMorgan, HSBC, RBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Clients range from investment banks to exchanges and brokers.

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