Google Cloud Operations Suite vs. vRealize Operations (discontinued)

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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With the introduction of API-based event alerts, there is no need for a proxy, which is a good option. Its ability to manage infra on a real-time basis is a good option that helps monitor, administer and troubleshoot virtual machines.

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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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• Shows us where we can save on cost of keeping machines running, or boosting resources on VM's
• the ability to plan deployments with scenario plans that can be customized over a specific timeline
• reports that can be sent and shared with different teams or departments

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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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• There are less space for customization.
• Cannot use for OS monitoring.
• Some option are very complex like getting an ideal VM report.

Incentivized

It has a good GUI to monitor real-time logs for cloud applications. This is quite a useful tool and preferred over most of the competitive applications in the market.

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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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The support is pretty good however some of the KB articles still reference different versions of the product so it can be hard to find answers to common questions

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SCOM was quite overwhelming when we first set up a POC for it. There was just too much for one person to handle. With vROPs I can manage the product and provide the support needed for my environment. We also have a Solarwinds environment that provides us with a level of detail and alerting we have come to rely upon. vROPS takes it to another level because it links directly into vCenter to provide you with a complete picture of your virtual environment.

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Not involved in purchasing.

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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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• We believe that the ability to preplan deployments with vRealize has proven its return on investments.
• Our troubleshooting time has been reduced with vrealize because its constantly collecting performance data. typically vrealize will tell us cause of fault before we can determine it ourselves.

Incentivized