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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forest Admin

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AForest Admin is a low-code SaaS solution that auto-generates an admin panel on top of a data source. After connecting a data source, Forest Admin generates two main components: an admin backend REST API for data models and business logic, and an admin frontend with a user interface and project settings. And the vendor states that Forest Admin never sees the data, they only host and manage the front-end. The Forest Admin Cloud can also be chosen, named Instant Setup in the…

    $30

    per month per user

    Grafana

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGrafana 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.

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    Pricing
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $30
    per month per user
    Pro
    $60
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Considered Both Products
    Forest Admin
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    Grafana Labs
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Forest AdminGrafana
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Forest Admin and Grafana
    Feature
    Forest Admin
    -
    Ratings
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Forest Admin and Grafana
    Feature
    Forest Admin
    -
    Ratings
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Forest Admin and Grafana
    Feature
    Forest Admin
    -
    Ratings
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Forest Admin and Grafana
    Feature
    Forest Admin
    -
    Ratings
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Small Businesses
    Looker Studio
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Looker Studio
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Grafana
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forest AdminGrafana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
    • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
    • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
    • Microservices monitoring
    • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
    • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
    • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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    Usability
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Forest Admin
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Labs
    • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
    • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
    • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Table view of data on which action can be takenScreenshot of Operational dashboard view of key dataScreenshot of What You See Is What You Get interfaceScreenshot of Team management featuresScreenshot of Forest Admin Data View (example from a fleet management live demo)Screenshot of Custom Interface made with Forest Admin no code editor