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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Operations Suite

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AThe 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

    Sensu

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    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…N/A
    Pricing
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSensu
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSensu
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
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    Features
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSensu
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Google Cloud Operations Suite and Sensu, by Sumo Logic
    Feature
    Google Cloud Operations Suite
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sensu, by Sumo Logic
    -
    Ratings
    Application monitoring9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threshold alerts7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application performance management console6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSensu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSensu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Easy to set up in all environments. With this tool, the company is now able to measure both well-functioning data and data that needs immediate intervention. This early detection facilitates decisions about actions to correct the disorder and improve indexes. Stackdriver is now essential for the company's security and monitoring team and we plan to expand to other branches.
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    Sumo Logic
    • Well suited for raising pagers when you have count-based metrics.
    • Well suited for threshold-based metrics.
    • Not well suited for tracking events over the day, since graphs and other visualizations are missing.
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    Pros
    Google
    • 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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    Sumo Logic
    • Unique concept as a "monitoring router" that can tie services together.
    • Backward-compatible with Nagios environments.
    • More of a DevOps focus than Nagios.
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    Cons
    Google
    • 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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    Sumo Logic
    • Cannot be solely used for tracking metrics over time.
    • Not a very good UI.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    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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    Sumo Logic
    Sensu's customer support was always willing to work with us but never really seemed to learn much from our experiences. I think they get a lot of customers with DevOps IT teams that are willing to put in a lot of elbow grease to get the most of Sensu's architecture. However, despite explaining my continued disappointment with their documentation and the overall flow of the product, I never got much more than a "sorry" and a notice that their documentation was open source if I wanted to contribute to it. The problem, of course, is that you can't document what you don't understand. I'm a former technical writer, so I know that better than most.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
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    Sumo Logic
    Have used New Relic and Sematext Cloud for APM and for tracking over days and visualizing the issues. But those are very expensive as compared to Sensu.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • We completely depends on Stackdriver for error monitoring and reporting.
    • Stackdriver is very simple to use and available at default.
    • Stackdriver is the key part for our business to get the insight of our application behavior.
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    Sumo Logic
    • 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.
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    ScreenShots

    Sensu Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sensu dashboard homepageScreenshot of Sensu dashboard namespace switcherScreenshot of Sensu events displayed in Grafana. In the examples above, Sensu is comfortably handling 40,000 Sensu agent connections (and their keepalives) and processing over 36,000 events per second.Screenshot of Sensu events displayed in Grafana. In the examples above, Sensu is comfortably handling 40,000 Sensu agent connections (and their keepalives) and processing over 36,000 events per second.