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AWS Auto Scaling vs ITRS Geneos comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ITRS Geneos
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (26th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ITRS Geneos is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

PRABHAT_MISHRA - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 27, 2024
User-friendly interface and provides autoscaling without manual intervention
We utilize AWS Auto Scaling to handle peak traffic times in our application using scheduled scaling. We have scheduled traffic in the morning when we have higher traffic. Previously, we had customer issues with requests failing because of manual intervention. After enabling AWS Auto Scaling, none of the requests failed, giving a very smooth customer experience. In that way, the solution reduced our operational costs. The solution's health check feature is very important because it checks the heartbeat of the application to know whether it's running or not. If it's not running, we automatically get notified and look into the application to see what caused it. The health check integration feature has helped with the availability of the application. I would recommend the solution to people looking for automatic scaling of their application. Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
Durai CT - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 14, 2022
A stable, scalable, and flexible monitoring tool
Real-time data is one of the unique features that ITRS Geneos offers. For example, if there is an impact on a particular server and a particular application, I want to see what the impact is or what the CPU or hardware usage information is, as well as the service in the same application. I can see the real-time data and the impact by accessing ITRS Geneos and looking at the tree. I don't want a tool that tells me when something is broken. I want the tool to tell me when something is going to break. That is the difference between ITRS Geneos and other tools. I want proactive monitoring, not reactive. I don't need to be notified after the fact that something has broken. If something is broken, I get a notification by email, and some of my customers are going to call me. ITRS Geneos provides proactive monitoring. The great advantage of this tool is real-time monitoring. ITRS Geneos not only alerts us but also gives us a real-time view of the data. This is the tool's first great advantage. It is also lightweight and flexible and can adapt to monitor even low-latency systems, which is the tool's second advantage. Another great feature of this tool is its good presentation layer, which allows us to build custom dashboards to present to business stakeholders. This gives them a high-level status of what is being monitored. If we compare ITRS Geneos to other tools, we will find that each one specializes in a specific area, but the ITRS Geneos tool is more comprehensive. This is its great advantage.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution helps optimize the cost of the AWS environment."
"It helps us to reduce the cost."
"The setup is not very complex."
"AWS Auto Scaling is cost-effective and very useful for businesses."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it scales automatically without manual intervention based on the metrics we provide."
"When a lot of traffic comes into our organization, the product scales our instances based on our environment’s requirements."
"The health check integration feature ensures that the instances are healthy and capable of absorbing traffic, thus serving their purpose effectively."
"I like the graphs provided by the tool."
"It's also easy to implement. The implementation of Geneos is very easy and interesting. It's not complicated. It's very quick to implement. The installation is very easy. There are many topics about ITRS Geneos that explain more about the features of the function of Geneos."
"One thing we're utilizing in Geneos is the Gateway-SQL. That's really helpful for us. Using Gateway-SQL, we are able to merge two different views into one. Suppose we have to check something in the log and that we have to check something in the database and do a comparison before publishing a result. We can achieve that using Gateway-SQL."
"I always appreciate Geneos's stability and ease of use."
"The ability to completely tailor and customize what it's monitoring is one of its strongest points. A lot of other monitoring tools are good at certain things, but one of my colleagues described it as the “Swiss Army Knife” of monitoring tools. It can do anything you want."
"This tool allows one to analyse, integrate and customize as per the systems and allows you to set your own rules."
"Geneos automatically sends email notifications when any batch job fails, the database is down or the website is down. It is automatically monitoring everything and reduces manual effort."
"The clean and colorful UI and easy to use options like snooze and active times."
"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."
 

Cons

"The solution's infrastructure scalability and elasticity could be improved."
"Flexibility in configuring the workload is missing in AWS Auto Scaling."
"The billing and cost optimization of the solution could be improved."
"The tool must include AI features."
"The speed of the solution must be improved."
"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."
"We can have more auto scaling algorithms implemented in AWS Auto Scaling."
"The setup can be a bit complex in some situations."
"At the moment Geneos is excellent and handling real time monitoring, however not great at doing historical reporting."
"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."
"The dashboard feature is full of bugs. Grouping items results in a distorted dashboard."
"I would like to see ITRS integrate its setup editor with a SVN to check-in setup XML after major changes."
"We all look at the same things - CPU, disk space, paging stats, service status with RAG status on each. That could be provided straight out, saving significant time."
"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."
"Backward compatibility with deprecated features and in system documentation on what configuration areas are needed to be updated."
"ITRS Geneos cloud monitoring is very weak and can use improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Auto Scaling is a pay-per-use and pay-as-you-use service."
"The pricing is good. I have not had any customers that have complained about the price."
"The product has moderate pricing."
"AWS Auto Scaling is a cheap solution."
"The product is expensive."
"AWS Auto Scaling's price is high."
"AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution."
"Pricing is the touchy subject, even here. Upper management always wants us to find a cheaper solution. But we have so much integrated with ITRS... It's expensive, but it does its job very well. And you set it and go."
"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."
"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."
"Its price is reasonable. It isn't too expensive, and it isn't too cheap, but it also depends on a company's volume and negotiation."
"I can say it's not that cheap because the licensing is a little bit costly"
"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."
"Pricing and licensing is based on the requirements."
"The pricing seems reasonable. We're happy enough with it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
77%
Computer Software Company
6%
University
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?
AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution. We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution.
What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?
In comparison to other public clouds, the product is costly.
What do you like most about ITRS Geneos?
I would say that it is an easy-to-use monitoring tool. Amongst the available monitoring tools, it is a really good option.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ITRS Geneos?
The pricing is high. Licensing fees might be around 500$ per server monthly.
What needs improvement with ITRS Geneos?
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 i...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling
Geneos
 

Overview

 

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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