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Grafana vs Monte Carlo comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

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 5.7% compared to last year.
Monte Carlo, on the other hand, focuses on Data Observability, holds 34.7% mindshare, down 42.7% 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

"Collaboration: Shares data and dashboards across teams."
"The best thing about Grafana is the visualization. The colors and the ease of use make it very user-friendly."
"The integration between Loki and Tempo is valuable."
"Grafana provides a user-friendly interface for viewing infrastructure metrics through dashboards."
"The most valuable aspect is customization. There are many customizations possible, so I like that."
"Plugin: Connecting Grafana to multiple APIs of leading monitoring tools and alerting tools."
"Kubernetes could help us to better visualize the trend of our data by recording and displaying our history over a chosen duration, such as the last 30 days."
"Provides good dashboard visualization."
"It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams."
 

Cons

"Lacks in-depth graphs and sufficient AI."
"I have a problem with Grafana in the area of documentation."
"We need different kinds of applications in our infrastructure to see information in Grafana."
"Its UI features to create charts can also be improved. Some features could have a link to the documentation."
"Lacks event management which affects our DevOps people."
"Multiple dashboards combined into one dashboard has slowed things down for us."
"The formatting could be better."
"The interface is not well-liked by my customers."
"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

"We use the open-source version of Grafana."
"I use the open source model so it is free."
"The solution is expensive."
"Since Grafana is an open-source solution, it is free of cost."
"My company uses the open-source version of Grafana, so it's free."
"I am using an open-source version"
"You need to purchase the solution's license for its commercial use."
"It's free of cost; it operates as an open-source tool."
"The product has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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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