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    Grafana Loki

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGrafana Logs (powered by Loki) brings together logs from applications and infrastructure in a single place. By using the exact same service discovery and label model as Prometheus, Grafana Logs can systematically guarantee logs have consistent metadata with metrics. Grafana Logs lets users send logs in any format, from any source so it’s easy to add to existing infrastructure and get up and running quickly. Leverage a wide array of clients for shipping logs like…

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    InfluxDB

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe InfluxDB is a time series database from InfluxData headquartered in San Francisco. As an observability solution, it is designed to provide real-time visibility into stacks, sensors and systems. It is available open source, via the Cloud as a DBaaS option, or through an Enterprise subscription.N/A
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    User Ratings
    Grafana LokiInfluxDB
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
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    9.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    9.1
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    Usability
    5.6
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    User Testimonials
    Grafana LokiInfluxDB
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    Grafana Labs
    Grafana Loki can compile data logs for easy exploration of a service and enable quick troubleshooting and error tracing for engineers who may not have deeper access. However, Loki is dependent on the service logging complexity, which, depending on the logger, may not be robust enough and limit the value offered.
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    InfluxData
    InfluxDB is very good at storing monitoring metrics (e.g. performance data). InfluxDB is not the right choice if you need to store other data types (like plain text, data relations etc.).
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    Pros
    Grafana Labs
    • Access to many open-source dashboards, access to add many data-sources to gather and visualize data from.
    • Grafana Loki does well gathering of logs from various data-sources, we can also filter the logs based on our needs.
    • One stop solution for all the logs and monitoring.
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    InfluxData
    • Perfect handling telemetry data.
    • Low latency, near real time.
    • SQL-like language makes it easier to query.
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    Cons
    Grafana Labs
    • Learning curve is very steep
    • Longer term log insight is a challenge
    • Very easy on AWS, integration with other systems can be more of a challenge
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    InfluxData
    • GUI based administrator console
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Grafana Labs
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    InfluxData
    InfluxDB is a near perfect product for time series database engines. The relatively small list of cons are heavily outweighed by it's ability to just work and be a very flexible and powerful database engine. The community and support provided by the corporation are the only areas I have little experience.
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    Usability
    Grafana Labs
    Grafana Loki makes accessing and viewing service logs easy for engineers who may not be familiar with going into service. However, useability can be limited if engineers are unaware of what the queries should look like or where in the service to direct Loki to look for logging.
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    InfluxData
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    Support Rating
    Grafana Labs
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    InfluxData
    We have worked with the InfluxDB support team a few times so far and it has been positive. Issues submitted are worked on promptly and we have good feedback.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Grafana Labs
    First and foremost if Grafana Loki is based on CNCF open source projects so organizations can get freedom to choice to configure it at your own other main thing is Grafana Loki is totally free of cost and we can deploy it on our infrastructure. On compared with other managed services like Datadog, New Relic it is very expensive and we also don't have much control on the tools we use.
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    InfluxData
    To be honest, I didn't look at alternatives since InfluxDB performs very well if you can oversee the lack of security and HA features. But for all challenges, there is an easy solution which brings you forward (e.g. read load balancing can be achieved by using a common HTTPS load balancer).
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    Return on Investment
    Grafana Labs
    • Company wide (realtime) insights in complex aws setup is great
    • Dashboarding options are easily set up
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    InfluxData
    • Provided us a time series DB.
    • With the SQL-like language, it is very easy to learn.
    • Empowered us to keep track of our events.
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