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Top 10 Prometheus Alternatives & Competitors

By Prometheus Authors
(56)4.5 out of 5

Explore the best alternatives to Prometheus for users who need new software features or want to try different solutions. Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Prometheus include visualization tools and monitoring. The best overall Prometheus alternative is Dynatrace. Other similar apps like Prometheus are Datadog, IBM Instana, AppDynamics, and checkmk. Prometheus alternatives can be found in Database Management Systems (DBMS) but may also be in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools or Enterprise Monitoring Software.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to Prometheus

  • Dynatrace
  • Datadog
  • IBM Instana
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Top 10 Alternatives to Prometheus Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

Browse options below. Based on reviewer data, you can see how Prometheus stacks up to the competition, check reviews from current & previous users in industries like Computer Software, Information Technology and Services, and Internet, and find the best product for your business.
    #1

  1. Dynatrace

    By Dynatrace
    (1,323)4.5 out of 5

    2. Dynatrace has redefined how you monitor today’s digital ecosystems. AI-powered, full stack and completely automated, it’s the only solution that provides answers, not just data, based on deep insight into every user, every transaction, across every application. The world’s leading brands trust Dynatrace to optimize customer experiences, innovate faster and modernize IT operations with absolute confidence.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, Dynatrace is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
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    #2

  2. Datadog

    By Datadog
    (541)4.3 out of 5

    3. Datadog is a monitoring service for IT, Dev and Ops teams who write and run applications at scale, and want to turn the massive amounts of data produced by their apps, tools and services into actionable insight.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, Datadog is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
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    QuestDB
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    QuestDB

    (34)4.8 out of 5

    4. QuestDB is the fastest growing open-source time-series database offering blazingly fast, high throughput ingestion and dynamic, low-latency SQL queries. We achieve high performance via a column-oriented storage model, parallelized vector execution, SIMD instructions, and low-latency techniques. In addition, QuestDB is hardware efficient, with quick setup and operational efficiency. QuestDB implements ANSI SQL with native time-series SQL extensions. These SQL extensions make it simple to analyze, filter and downsample data, or to correlate data from multiple sources using relational and time-series joins.

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    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, QuestDB is:

    More expensive
    Better at support
    Easier to set up
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    #3

  4. IBM Instana

    By IBM
    (389)4.4 out of 5

    5. Instana automatically discovers, maps, and monitors all services and infrastructure components across on-prem and cloud, providing AI-driven application context, issue remediation to enhance IT operations. Instana’s zero-configuration dashboards help reduce toil for SRE and DevOps teams, helping them spend more innovating than troubleshooting. Its automated playbooks seamlessly address common issues and precise ML-driven alerts help manage rapid change, thereby enhancing infrastructure availability. These capabilities in help in predicting and managing IT budgets to support increase in demand during peak cycles.​

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, IBM Instana is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all IBM Instana reviews
    #4

  5. AppDynamics

    By Cisco
    (375)4.3 out of 5

    6. An application performance management solution that monitors every line of code to help resolve application issues, make user experience improvements, and monitor application performance.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, AppDynamics is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all AppDynamics reviews
    #5

  6. checkmk

    By Checkmk
    (232)4.7 out of 5

    7. Helping you stay up and running from simple to the most complex environments

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, checkmk is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all checkmk reviews
    #6

  7. New Relic

    By New Relic
    (482)4.4 out of 5

    8. New Relic is the industry's largest and most comprehensive cloud-based instrumentation platform to help customers create more perfect software.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, New Relic is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all New Relic reviews
    #7

  8. LogicMonitor

    By LogicMonitor
    (602)4.5 out of 5

    9. LogicMonitor is the SaaS-based, automated performance monitoring platform that provides agile IT Ops teams with the visibility and actionable metrics they need to ensure the availability of services and applications running on complex and distributed infrastructure.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, LogicMonitor is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all LogicMonitor reviews
    #8

  9. InfluxDB

    By InfluxData
    (100)4.4 out of 5

    10. InfluxDB is the open source time series database

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, InfluxDB is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Easier to set up
    See all InfluxDB reviews
    #9

  10. Centreon

    By Centreon
    (57)4.8 out of 5

    11. Centreon develops enterprise IT monitoring solutions based on industry standard open source.

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, Centreon is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all Centreon reviews
    #10

  11. Sumo Logic

    By Sumo Logic
    (323)4.3 out of 5

    12. Sumo Logic enables enterprises to build analytical power that transforms daily operations into intelligent business decisions

    Categories in common with Prometheus:

    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, Sumo Logic is:

    Slower to reach roi
    More expensive
    Better at support
    See all Sumo Logic reviews
    QuestDB
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    QuestDB

    (34)4.8 out of 5

    13. QuestDB is the fastest growing open-source time-series database offering blazingly fast, high throughput ingestion and dynamic, low-latency SQL queries. We achieve high performance via a column-oriented storage model, parallelized vector execution, SIMD instructions, and low-latency techniques. In addition, QuestDB is hardware efficient, with quick setup and operational efficiency. QuestDB implements ANSI SQL with native time-series SQL extensions. These SQL extensions make it simple to analyze, filter and downsample data, or to correlate data from multiple sources using relational and time-series joins.

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    Reviewers say compared to Prometheus, QuestDB is:

    More expensive
    Better at support
    Easier to set up
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