Google Cloud Operations Suite vs. Scout Monitoring

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Operations Suite
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
The Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) is an APM platform based on three tools for error detection, tracing, and resolution. It manages cloud-based or on-premise applications in live or mid-production environments.
$0.01
per 1,000 read API calls
Scout Monitoring
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Scout APM is offered to enable software developers to spend their time building products customers love by minimizing the effort required to identify and resolve performance issues. As a provider of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools, Scout states that their developer-centric approach pinpoints issues such as memory bloat, N+1 queries and other abnormalities, enabling customers to quickly resolve performance issues.
$19
per month 600k monthly transactions included
Pricing
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Editions & Modules
Monitoring API Calls
$0.01
per 1,000 read API calls
Trace Ingestion
$0.20
per million spans
Monitoring Data
$0.26
per MB
Logging Data
$0.50
per GB
The Startup Plan
$19
per month 600k monthly transactions included
The Small Plan
$39
per month 1.2m monthly transactions included
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Features
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Operations Suite
8.6
Ratings
12% above category average
Scout Monitoring
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Application monitoring9.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Database monitoring9.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Threshold alerts7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive capabilities9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application performance management console6.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Collaboration tools9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud Operations SuiteScout Monitoring
Likelihood to Recommend
Stackdriver is really a very good tool for errors and reporting. It provides the application issues especially the exception errors and sends the alerts. It's available for multiple languages like Python, GO and Java, etc. The best part is all the application errors are available at a single place and it comes with the GAE application. It's slow if you want to search very old logs and need to wait couple of hrs sometimes.
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Scout does a fantastic job with all of the modules and it is easy to navigate. A nice addition was the cyber security module. I can not think of a less appropriate scenario.
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Pros
  • All the application error reporting available at a single place.
  • You will get the real-time application error and alerts.
  • It's really easy to use and no need to worry for the setup.
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  • I specifically use the risk assessment module and do risk assessments on any new product we introduce into our network or any company that we are thinking about taking on as a client.
  • I also use the vendor management module for any due diligence that comes up with a new company or a company that we may use once and then not use again.
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Cons
  • For searching and filtering the logs the system is slow sometimes.
  • An agent needs to be installed in each VM to monitor specific metrics.
  • The pricing model is confusing.
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  • Errors (is a new functionality but I didn't get well how it can replace rollbar for example).
  • Usage measuring: In some cases is easy to get "disabled" due to a peak of bad requests.
  • Editing app's names
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Support Rating
It is also a great problem detection tool, and this is extremely important for General Motors.
The user can count on the ease of flexible panels and advanced visualization tools that help to identify problems. Among the most common, we can mention:
- containment of hosts;
- cloud provider limitation;
- hardware wear.
And also Stackdriver Integration with other Google Cloud data tools such as BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and Cloud Database.
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Alternatives Considered
Honestly, because it is from Google, we also mainly chose this product on the recommendation of other friends and businesses, and because of its reliability, security and ease of access. It also has excellent technical support and warranty. The staff is fast and super efficient and always helps us when we need help.
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We have preferred Scout APM over Datadog due to: - Easy to configure and install on Heroku Platform (Datadog's agent can give some trouble when installing it on Heroku's Dynos) - Easy to monitor normal behavior and be actionable on endpoints who are out of normal - It has an easier pricing which facilitates to make predictions on budget
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Return on Investment
  • Record storage and search.
  • Real-time insights.
  • Troubleshooting without interruption.
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  • Speed to solve incidents
  • Easy to monitor new endpoints or deployments
  • Easy to monitor background jobs (like sidekiq)
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ScreenShots

Scout Monitoring Screenshots

Screenshot of Scout DashboardScreenshot of Backtrace viewScreenshot of Database Add-onScreenshot of N+1 InsightsScreenshot of Memory InsightsScreenshot of Slow Query Insights