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Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Reliable and great for monitoring; has a fast data storage system and database
Pros and Cons
  • "Prometheus is a great solution for monitoring."
  • "Prometheus' UI color can improve. Using the Prometheus UI for configuration or analyzing queries is a horrible experience."

What is our primary use case?

My use cases include monitoring, scraping logs from the Kubernetes deployment, scraping Kubernetes logs, and pushing it over the final.

What is most valuable?

Prometheus is quite reliable and has a fast data storage system and database. I found metric collection and sterilization of the metrics a valuable feature.

What needs improvement?

Prometheus' UI color can improve. Using the Prometheus UI for configuration or analyzing queries is a horrible experience.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Prometheus for longer than three years.

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What other advice do I have?

Prometheus is quite a good solution in comparison with, for example, Vatix, which I evaluated for my checks collections named. Prometheus is a great solution for monitoring.

I would give this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Senior Software Engineer at OLX
Real User
Excellent formatting, with unbeatable price point, and helpful customer support documentation
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats."
  • "I would like to see improvement in the analysis tools and customization features."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for the integration with Grafana to receive metrics. We use it as a pulling and a pushing mode to send information from applications to servers.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that we can receive information in different formats.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see improvement in the analysis tools and customization features. I would like to see some visualization tools potentially even though it is not their main marketing point for customers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Prometheus for the past three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is stability with Prometheus.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There is scalability with Prometheus. We have around three hundred engineers using the solution daily.

How are customer service and support?

Customer support is handled through documentation since it is open source.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is somewhere between simple and complex.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This is an open-source solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Prometheus an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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