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Grafana vs Monte Carlo comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Grafana
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (6th)
Monte Carlo
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Observability (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Grafana and Monte Carlo aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Grafana is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 6.4%, up 5.8% compared to last year.
Monte Carlo, on the other hand, focuses on Data Observability, holds 33.6% mindshare, down 43.2% since last year.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Data Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Vikash-Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Displays data visually from multiple sources while integrating seamlessly with existing systems
Grafana provides a user-friendly interface for viewing infrastructure metrics through dashboards. It integrates with Prometheus to pull data and offers a straightforward setup process. Users can monitor metrics with greater ease, and the tool aids in quickly identifying issues by providing a visual representation of data. Grafana's integration capability is straightforward, which facilitates building dashboards as needed.
PR
Provides centralized data observability features and has an easy-to-use user interface.
The product's initial setup is in a daily improvement stage, deploying new plugins for upstream and downstream resources. It takes 25 minutes to complete. The process involves integrating with third-party services for Single Sign-On (SSO). It requires only one executive for maintenance as it has easy-to-use navigation and user interface.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The comparison feature is very good."
"It has good stability."
"The solution has good features."
"It's easy to make changes. We can put many dashboards in one place. There's no delay in showing data - what you see on Grafana matches the server metrics."
"The most important feature of Grafana is its alarm formatting capability."
"The best feature was the creation of graphs and trends."
"Grafana provides a user-friendly interface for viewing infrastructure metrics through dashboards."
"We can write queries in different languages, which is beneficial for visualization."
"It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams."
 

Cons

"The solution has room for improvement with a better API to help automate the construction of the dashboards easier."
"Setting up alerts via Grafana is a bit complicated, and alerting needs to improve."
"There is a need for improvement in automating daily monitoring reports, especially when alerts are triggered due to system downtimes or fluctuations."
"The solution should include online support."
"It would be helpful if Grafana provided more information and training on how to use Prometheus."
"Grafana could improve by having its own query language. Currently, it uses languages like Prometheus or InfluxDB, which not everyone knows. Their query language should be easier."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"More dashboard is required, out-of-the-box, for OpenNMS."
"For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company uses the open-source version of Grafana, so it's free."
"We use the open-source version of Grafana."
"I am using an open-source version"
"I give the price an eight out of ten."
"I use the open source model so it is free."
"For me, Grafana is a cheap tool because I don't have to spend much time learning the product since it is a simple solution."
"The solution is expensive."
"We are using the open-source license."
"The product has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Grafana?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Grafana?
I used the open-source version for my learning, which was free. In an enterprise setting, pricing is reasonable, as many customers use it.
What needs improvement with Grafana?
The interface is not well-liked by my customers. Grafana cannot be easily embedded into certain applications and offers limited customization options for graphs. I think predictive capabilities in ...
What do you like most about Monte Carlo?
It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams.
What needs improvement with Monte Carlo?
For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history. This feature needs improvement. Its price could be a ...
 

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