Azure Monitor vs TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Likelihood to Recommend

We were able to get a single pane of glass for all our monitoring needs on Azure Monitor. However, we would like to see it improve to auto scale out and scale in depending on the load without human intervention. This can help us get to the No Ops model and rely on automated processes rather than manual intervention.

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Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Well suited when server monitoring, not well suited for non system administrators. Need to have server knowledge to get full understanding of product

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Andrew Kawczynski

Systems Administrator - ROC Technology

Johnson ControlsMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

It supports all the Azure PAAS services.
Can monitor both infrastructure and application

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Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Real-time high-resolution metric monitoring. Data can be collected and viewed at 1-second resolution.
Visualization of line charts
Cloud hosted

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Custom metrics
Ease of use

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Professional in Corporate

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees

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The interface is functional and adaptable but I kind of wish it looked like its predecessor Patrol Monitor.
It is somewhat hard to understand the integrations into the UI.
Hoping for more metric choices.

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Andrew Kawczynski

Systems Administrator - ROC Technology

Johnson ControlsMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Azure Monitor 7.0

Based on 3 answers

I have not had to work with Azure Monitor support, so it is difficult to say how well the support team is. I assume that Azure has a well-versed team on the customer service side to assist with any issues customers may have. I may need them in the feature.

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

While other tools have their own unique capability, Azure Monitor helps us monitor essential PAAS services that are not supported by other tools. So even though we have one other APM tool, we still rely on Azure Monitor for some of the special PAAS services, this is a huge advantage.

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Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Datadog seems to have more freedom to build dashboards. They have more visualization types. However, Pulse seems to be better from a cost stand point. Pulse is able to accomplish everything we need, so no need to spend the extra cost.

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Return on Investment

We are able to react quickly to the issues.
Debugging sessions are yielding quicker results to generate RCA.

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Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Positive in alert notifications.
Positive in keeping environment up time.
Positive in being able to monitor various metrics and meters.

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Andrew Kawczynski

Systems Administrator - ROC Technology

Johnson ControlsMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 10,001+ 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

Azure Monitor Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued) Editions & Modules

Edition

Standard	$8¹
Advanced	$12¹

month

Additional Pricing Details

Pricing reflect discount for annual subscription. Month to month pricing is $12 for Standard, $15 for Advanced

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Pros

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Cons

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Support Rating

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Alternatives Considered

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Return on Investment

Azure Monitor

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued)

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Azure Monitor Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

TrueSight Pulse, formerly Boundary (discontinued) Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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