Chose IBM Instana
IBM Instana was an easier setup and to manage. However, we are still using Grafana and Prometheus to monitor Kafka.
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Grafana | N/A | Grafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard. | $0 | |
IBM Instana | N/A | Instana, an IBM company since the December 2020 acquisition, provides APM services for SOA, microservices, containerized applications and Kubernetes, and cloud native applications, as well as discovery and monitoring for IT assets. | $75 per month per host |
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Small Businesses | IBM SPSS Modeler Score 7.8 out of 10 | InfluxDB Score 8.5 out of 10 |
Medium-sized Companies | Mathematica Score 8.2 out of 10 | GitLab Score 8.9 out of 10 |
Enterprises | IBM SPSS Modeler Score 7.8 out of 10 | GitLab Score 8.9 out of 10 |
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Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 (4 ratings) | 9.0 (27 ratings) |
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Likelihood to Recommend | Grafana Labs | IBM |
Pros | Grafana Labs | IBM |
Cons | Grafana Labs | IBM |
Alternatives Considered | Grafana Labs | IBM |
Return on Investment | Grafana Labs | IBM |
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