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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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    Kibana

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AKibana allows users to visualize Elasticsearch data and navigate the Elastic Stack so you can do anything from tracking query load to understanding the way requests flow through your apps.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Grafana LokiKibana
    Considered Both Products
    Grafana Labs
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Grafana LokiKibana
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana Loki and Kibana
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    Grafana Loki
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    Ratings
    Kibana
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana Loki and Kibana
    Feature
    Grafana Loki
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    Ratings
    Kibana
    6.7
    5 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana Loki and Kibana
    Feature
    Grafana Loki
    -
    Ratings
    Kibana
    6.8
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana Loki and Kibana
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    Grafana Loki
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    Ratings
    Kibana
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Grafana LokiKibana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Grafana LokiKibana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Elastic
    Kibana is indeed a powerful tool and has many use cases especially in environments that rely heavily on real-time log analysis and visualisation. Kibana’s ability to handle large volumes of log data and present it in an accessible, searchable format is invaluable. We use Kibana to monitor security related issues and it proactively alerts our Slack channels about any anomality or issues.
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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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    Elastic
    • Fast searches with powerful index.
    • Beautiful data visualizations.
    • Real-time observability.
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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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    Elastic
    • Some performance issues with large datasets.
    • Linking to dashboards makes extremely long urls.
    • Lack of reports.
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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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    Elastic
    Its usability is generally good and it provides teams with a basic to intermediate understanding about data visualization. It is very user-friendly when it comes to creating dashboards. The UI is very good and simple. Its integration with other tools for alerting and reporting is amazing. But its advance features have a learning curve and a first timer needs some time to use the advance features.
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    Support Rating
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Elastic
    We did not use the official Kibana support. Documentation was easy enough to follow.
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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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    Elastic
    Kibana is free; it was the first and only thing we've tried in this area.
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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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    Elastic
    • Issues that affect checkout experiences for customers are able to be prioritized and solved quickly.
    • We are able to more efficiently use resources due to the automation of reporting alerts. Decreasing employee resources needed.
    • Visualization allows us to quickly share issues and explain to coworkers in order to escalate issues that can cost our bottom line.
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