Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs OpenText Operations Bridge comparison

Google and OpenText are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. Google is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.5, while OpenText is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.0. Google holds a 1.4% mindshare in CMS, compared to OpenText’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

OpenText Operations Bridge and Google Cloud's operations suite compete in IT operations management. Based on the analysis, Google Cloud's operations suite has the upper hand due to its simplicity and cost-effectiveness.

Features: OpenText Operations Bridge offers event correlation, a centralized dashboard for integrated data, and task automation. Google Cloud's operations suite provides multi-cloud integration, detailed logging capabilities, and scalability, making it easier to manage diverse cloud environments.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Operations Bridge struggles with complex implementation, outdated technology use, and licensing complexity. Google Cloud's operations suite could improve in application monitoring, cost transparency, and logging analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Operations Bridge mainly suits on-premise and hybrid clouds, with noted complexity in deployment. Customer service is generally positive but technical support can be confusing. Google Cloud's operations suite is favored for wide cloud deployment options with reliable customer service but may face sporadic technical support issues.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Operations Bridge is considered expensive with complex licensing, yet provides strong ROI through integration capabilities. Google Cloud's operations suite offers flexible, usage-based pricing, though some need better cost estimation tools. It tends to appeal to those focusing on cost-efficiency.

To learn more, read our detailed Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. OpenText Operations Bridge Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud's operations s...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

23rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (24th), Log Management (31st)

OpenText Operations Bridge

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

31st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (8th), IT Operations Analytics (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 1.4%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Operations Bridge is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Anand_Patel

Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH

Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations

As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or BigQuery can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings.

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Ahmed Salman

Performance & Monitoring Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company

Powerful data integration, comprehensive automation, and hybrid compatibility

The data lake is a very powerful feature within OpenText Operations Bridge. It can integrate with any BI tool to collect AI data and perform a variety of functions. It offers hybrid compatibility and supports desktop application customization and cloud integration. Another essential capability is server automation, which became significantly easier with the software appliance for deployment. This solution also provides role-based access that enhances data privacy and security.

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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

"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."

"We find the solution to be stable."

"It's easy to use."

"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."

"I like the monitoring feature."

"The most valuable feature is the multi-cloud integration, where there is support for both GCP and AWS."

"Offers a valuable logging transport feature"

"Google's technical support is very good."

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"It has the capability to display overall health of the infrastructure and is very useful for executive reports on the health of the infrastructure."

"The most valuable feature is that everything can be consolidated into one dashboard."

"It's a very good product overall."

"Flexible dashboard with the availability of widgets."

"I've found the solution to be very scalable."

"The event correlation is the most valuable aspect of the solution."

"The Performance Manager provides great insight into our systems' performance."

"It has greatly reduced the number and duration of outages as support teams are notified immediately when something goes wrong or even before something breaks."

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Cons

"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."

"It is difficult to estimate in advance how much something is going to cost."

"It could be more stable."

"It could be even more automated."

"Lacking sufficient operations documentation."

"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."

"This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."

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"In a future release, we would like an improved upgrade process. When you upgrade it now, it first uninstalls everything and then reinstalls all the packages, which means any customization that you've done in the directories on the surface disappears."

"The product might currently have a lot of new features, however, I don't have information about these new features, so it's possible it may require updates in that area."

"The pricing could be improved."

"Implementation could be improved."

"Our issues are largely support related due to where we are and the knowledge base that we have here. This issue relates both HPE in general and to the technical products."

"The pricing is a bit expensive for smaller companies."

"We need improvements in delivering quality reports from OBM and in integrating Operations Bridge with other components like UCMDB for asset discovery."

"pology-based event correlation does not work well with NNM events."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."

"The cost could be lower."

"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."

"It is competitive."

"As OpsBridge is a suite of products bundled together, you may find yourself paying for software functionality that you don't actually use, e.g. Real User Monitor (RUM)."

"Setup costs can be high depending on the partner, but it is worth it."

"The cost is very high."

"Pricing is very flexible and depends on the modules selected as per the requirement."

"The licensing cost for this solution is approximately $1,000 USD."

"The licensing model for Micro Focus Operations Bridge is unit-based so it can be one device or ten devices depending on your situation or model. Cost-wise, it's much more if you have more devices and features such as infrastructure monitoring, analytic dashboard, and business dashboard in your model."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Stackdriver?

It's easy to use.

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What needs improvement with Google Stackdriver?

If the errors are caught early in the interface, it would be easier for users to manage. The process of logging analytics can be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Google Stackdriver?

I use the solution for logging, defining alerts, and monitoring. Our company's Java and Python logging teams mainly use it.

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What do you like most about Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

It is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

Pricing for OpenText is considered very high compared to competitors. The licensing model is complicated, with separate licenses for different components like OBM and Smile, making it difficult to ...

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

We need improvements in delivering quality reports from OBM and in integrating Operations Bridge with other components like UCMDB for asset discovery. Operations Bridge also lacks in the preparatio...

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring

Micro Focus Operations Bridge, Operations Bridge Manager, Micro Focus Operations Analytics

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.

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OpenText Operations Bridge – SaaS is enterprise event and performance management software. With automated discovery, monitoring, and remediation, it fast-tracks your move to full-stack AIOps across multicloud and on- premises environments.

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Sample Customers

Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games

GE Money Bank, Bank AlJazira, Tech Mahindra

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