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 8.0, while OpenText is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.3. Google holds a 1.2% 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Room for Improvement: OpenText Operations Bridge struggles with complex implementation, outdated technology use, and licensing complexity.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: March 2025).

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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 (26th), Log Management (29th)

OpenText Operations Bridge

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

30th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (8th), IT Operations Analytics (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 1.2%, down from 2.1% 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

"The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports."

"Offers a valuable logging transport feature"

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

"It's easy to use."

"Provides visibility into the performance uptime."

"Google's technical support is very good."

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

"We find the solution to be stable."

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

"The most valuable aspect of Operations Bridge for us is its integration capabilities."

"The correlation feature is the most used feature. It allows you to correlate events from different sources and have more meaningful events."

"You can create an application topology that shows relationships between different components."

"It is stable."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its grouping scripts and event focus."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's not complex at all."

"This solution worked as an umbrella for many different types of monitoring systems, offering various tools for not only application performance management models but also user experience models and monitoring business processes."

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Cons

"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."

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

"The logging functionality could be better."

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

"The process of logging analytics can be improved"

"While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."

"Lacking sufficient operations documentation."

"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."

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"The deployment of agents on new CI should be improved. There should be some kind of automation to directly deploy them from the console. It can maybe have some more AI functions because most of the other tools are going in that direction."

"The setup process can get a little bit complex."

"Reporting has to be tackled a bit more. Conceptually, it is there and conceptually it is amazing, but somehow the module itself is suffering."

"The price is quite expensive, and because of this, we may try another solution."

"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."

"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 solution is overall "heavy", requiring multiple servers, even without HA."

"The service takes a very long time to start and it requires a lot of resources."

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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."

"The cost is very high."

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

"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)."

"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."

"It is competitive."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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 advice do you have for others considering Google Stackdriver?

The Ops Agent and logging transport feature of the solution have had a major impact on improving application performance. The solution also allows the transport of logs into log buckets, which is h...

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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?

From a cost perspective, OpenText Operations Bridge is cost-effective as it saves us man hours. What used to be done manually by a person is now done automatically. With its automation capabilities...

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Operations Bridge?

The only aspect I find lacking in OpenText Operations Bridge is more aesthetic. The dashboards from OpenText Operations Bridge, when compared to those from Splunk, are less visually appealing. Splu...

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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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