Apica Synthetic vs Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Likelihood to Recommend

All http checks with Apica Synthetic [make] it the natural choice. When it comes to other types of checks, Apica Synthetic has a solution but there are [also] some other tools you can use instead.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Easy to set up in all environments. With this tool, the company is now able to measure both well-functioning data and data that needs immediate intervention. This early detection facilitates decisions about actions to correct the disorder and improve indexes. Stackdriver is now essential for the company's security and monitoring team and we plan to expand to other branches.

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Sara Silveira

IT Specialist

General MotorsAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Application monitoring

Database monitoring

Threshold alerts

Predictive capabilities

Application performance management console

Collaboration tools

Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications

Application dependency mapping and thresholding

Virtualization monitoring

Server availability and performance monitoring

Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting

IT Asset Discovery

Pros

Synthetic alerts triggered
Helpful to rectifying the actual issue
After resolution of the issue, apica notifies green signal

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Prashant Saxena Rahul

SRE

SalesforceComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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All the application error reporting available at a single place.
You will get the real-time application error and alerts.
It's really easy to use and no need to worry for the setup.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

It's very clunky. Infrastructure is large and very difficult to upgrade.
SaaS and On-premise versions are different. There is an LDAP integration but users can only be assigned to one group (i.e. department). If you are in 2 departments, you need 2 separate logins.
It filled a gap in monitoring for us, but we're looking to move on.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employees

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For searching and filtering the logs the system is slow sometimes.
An agent needs to be installed in each VM to monitor specific metrics.
The pricing model is confusing.

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Sara Silveira

IT Specialist

General MotorsAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Apica Synthetic 9.1

Based on 1 answer

On the basis of last and current using, i rated the Apica. Thanks!

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Prashant Saxena Rahul

SRE

SalesforceComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

No score

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Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) 10.0

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It is also a great problem detection tool, and this is extremely important for General Motors.

The user can count on the ease of flexible panels and advanced visualization tools that help to identify problems. Among the most common, we can mention:

- containment of hosts;

- cloud provider limitation;

- hardware wear.

And also Stackdriver Integration with other Google Cloud data tools such as BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and Cloud Database.

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Sara Silveira

IT Specialist

General MotorsAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Apica Synthetic is more flexible [when] making custom checks. The support from Apica can help you with nearly every check you have to do.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Got visibility into availability other than relying on just canary pages.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employees

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We completely depends on Stackdriver for error monitoring and reporting.
Stackdriver is very simple to use and available at default.
Stackdriver is the key part for our business to get the insight of our application behavior.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Apica Synthetic Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) Editions & Modules

Edition

Logging Data	0.50¹
Monitoring Data	0.2580²
Monitoring API Calls	0.01³
Trace Ingestion	0.20⁴

per GB
per MB
per 1,000 read API calls
per million spans

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Rating Summary

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Likelihood to Recommend

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Feature Rating Comparison

Application monitoring

Database monitoring

Threshold alerts

Predictive capabilities

Application performance management console

Collaboration tools

Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications

Application dependency mapping and thresholding

Virtualization monitoring

Server availability and performance monitoring

Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting

IT Asset Discovery

Pros

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Cons

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Likelihood to Renew

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Support Rating

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Alternatives Considered

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Return on Investment

Apica Synthetic

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Apica Synthetic Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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