Google Cloud Monitoring Pros and Cons

I liked the Services like Cloud Run, Cloud Run functions, BigQuery, VPN Gateways , VPC Access connector, App Engine. Also the Cloud DNS service is an amazing thing to ensure more security with the resources and Concept of Project is another intresting factors when comparing to AWS or Azure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I Faced some challenges mostly with App engine and IAM , i didn't feel easiness in these areas. Also the authenication part is bit complex and not quite easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scalability and integration with other services like Google Workspace, BigQuery,Google Analytics, Google cloud logs explorer make the life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For me the learning curve is steap like if you are a new user there are so many things and services to learn about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used some top cloud products and compared to them Google Cloud is much easier and has a clean UI. It is very easy to scp into VMs and manage them. It is easy to add your public keys to the VMs so you can access them from your local machine. Implementing scripted VMs, images from the marketplace or just using default Linux or Windows images is pretty easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it was more popular than it is. It is missing all the latest services that other cloud products are providing like AI models etc. The one complicated part that I don't like is network management. You need to create and add tags at a few different places to use a particular network on a VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Large community for support and help.

- Conduct programs like Google cloud ready to give experience with courses of handson training.

- Data centres world wide for faster performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Steep learning curve as there are multiple features and services clustered together.

- Difficulty integrating with non google services

- Difficult to switch to alternate cloud partners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Google Cloud Monitoring is user-friendly, offering simple navigation through the log explorer. Every GCP issue is conveniently logged in a single, easily accessible location. The platform is designed for easy understanding, even for individuals outside the DevOps world. Logging operations require no additional configuration, ensuring straightforward integration to any application. Because of this setup in GCP, we can easily use this for daily debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Whenever we run into a roadblock, it usually doesn't happen but when it does it's hard to get customer support. Google has a strong community but with some issues maybe once in 2-3 years we require support without a proper plan we won't be able to access that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If there's soemthing Google Cloud Monitoring did best, it is learn from AWS solutions & deliver them with upgrades. Google cloud monitoring although different from AWS cloudwatch solution, atleast on the UI level, it still serves the same purpose of monitoring the all the other services you use. On top of that it offers some amazing custom metrics integration & dashboard development which is very helpful to devs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's not much to dislike, but I think UI is something they can do better. A more simple to adapt UI (specially for beginners) would be amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All things considered, it's an application performance management platform that stores, gathers, and analyzes data together with code. Mobile phones are not compatible with it. It features an integrated feature that provides notifications for application errors in real time. Gco lacks complete authorization to use certain metrics. Installing a virtual machine (VM) is a must for tracking certain metrics. Additionally, it features two-step authentication, which notifies us of the log data every day along with a customized report that is prepared for it. Certain applications, such as Trace and Debugger, offer real-time, on-the-spot application analysis and are very scalable. It improves our business analytics and statistics, which are then applied to the organization's advantage." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The pricing approach is a little more expensive - A virtual machine (VM) is needed to track particular metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigating and obtaining the required information is made simple for both novice and expert users by the user interface's ease of use and intuitiveness.Users may build up bespoke notifications based on specified situations thanks to the platform's extensive alerting features.Google Cloud Monitoring gathers and presents a multitude of metrics pertaining to the functionality and condition of GCP resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even with the platform's insights into resource use and expenses, controlling and optimizing costs can remain a challenging undertaking. It might be difficult for users to explore and comprehend the several cost-related data and options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I truly value how thorough of a picture of our infrastructure and apps Google Cloud Monitoring offers. It greatly improves our workflow because it interfaces with other Google Cloud services with ease. Well-responsive individuals work in customer assistance. Benefit from how easily other Google Cloud services can be integrated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The primary issue I have is the intricacy of the initial setup. It took some time to get the swing of things, and I can understand why some people could find it off-putting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing that I like about Google Cloud monitoring it has a prebuilt dashboard, where we can see any resource usage. Load Balancer, SQL, GKE, App engine, and many more. We can also create our custom dashboard too Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

About adding threshold and integration part that should be more easy to use, custom alerts should be more specified, facing issue on it too sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.