#1 most frequent
United States of America
61.5%139 installations of 226
What is Sensu?
Sensu, now from Sumo Logic (acquired in June of 2021) is presented as a future-proof solution for multi-cloud monitoring at scale. The Sensu monitoring event pipeline is used by businesses to automate their monitoring workflows and gain visibility into their multi-cloud environments. The vendor boasts companies like Sony, Box.com, and Activision use Sensu to help deliver value to their customers. Sensu offers a comprehensive monitoring solution for enterprises, providing visibility across every system, and every protocol — from Kubernetes to bare metal.
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Who Buys & Uses Sensu, by Sumo Logic
#2 most frequent
India
7.5%17 installations of 226
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.2%14 installations of 226
Sensu: One stop solution for scalable open-source-based monitoring tool
Pros
- Cloud agnostic monitoring.
- Open source
- Container monitoring at the highest level.
- Monitoring plugins can be easily created.
Cons
- Cannot be solely used for tracking metrics over time.
- Not a very good UI.
Return on Investment
- Can easily understand and extend use-cases to under server capabilities.
- Can use it to scale well.
- Can help in efficient resource planning.
Alternatives Considered
Sematext Cloud and New Relic
Other Software Used
Sematext Cloud, New Relic
Better than Nagios, but not by much, and only if you have a lot of time and DevOps
Pros
- Unique concept as a "monitoring router" that can tie services together.
- Backward-compatible with Nagios environments.
- More of a DevOps focus than Nagios.
Cons
- Terrible documentation that assumes you're already an expert in everything that Sensu can do.
- Significantly more work than Nagios to get basic checks on and configured.
- Web interface is primitive and not even on the same level as Nagios XI.
- Large price hikes after Sensu Go was released.
Return on Investment
- Standing up the Sensu Go server took very little effort.
- Setting up and maintaining the build processes and deployment logic for Sensu assets and checks was somewhat exhausting and resulted in lower adoption among non-DevOps IT.
- The limited web interface resulted in lower adoption among non-DevOps IT.
Alternatives Considered
Nagios XI
Other Software Used
Prometheus, Logz.io
