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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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    OpenSearch

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenSearch is an open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications licensed under Apache 2.0. Powered by Apache Lucene and driven by the OpenSearch Project community, OpenSearch offers a vendor-agnostic toolset that can be used to build applications, or as an end-to-end solution, or connected with preferred open-source tools or partner projects.N/A
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    Grafana LokiOpenSearch
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    Grafana LokiOpenSearch
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Grafana LokiOpenSearch
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
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    User Testimonials
    Grafana LokiOpenSearch
    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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    Open Source
    OpenSearch Service presents a cost-effective pricing model, allowing users to pay solely for their usage without being burdened by minimum fees or upfront commitments. Its seamless integration with various AWS services enhances its adaptability for a wide range of data analysis requirements and also I love using it isn't it enough.
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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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    Open Source
    • Gives us millisecond response times
    • Mainly open-source
    • Integration Seamlessly with AWS
    • Has a very big community so problems are fixes sooner then later
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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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    Open Source
    • Needs more descriptive documentation
    • The UI feels a bit old
    • Some functionality still doesn't work correctly
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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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    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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    Open Source
    Well as I said, Elastic is behind paywall now and managing OpenSearch through AWS is so seamless that we just love it. It gets updates faster we don't have to manage separate infra and many other settings to work with elastic search and some of the tools that it provides are better then them.
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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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    Open Source
    • Well we had 200 ms response times which decreased to 100ms while using OpenSearch
    • Easy to use security plugins we dont need external IAM
    • Super Easy Integration with many AWS Services such as kinsesi data stream and dynamoDB
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