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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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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    Pendo.io

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/APendo.io is a product engagement platform with features for in-app analytics, surveys and feedback, and guidance.N/A
    Pricing
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Editions & Modules
    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
    *Free
    Free
    Base
    Contact sales team
    Core
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    Pulse
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    Ultimate
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Considered Both Products
    Grafana Labs
    No answer on this topic
    Pendo.io
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    GrafanaPendo.io
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana and Pendo.io
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pendo.io
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana and Pendo.io
    Feature
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pendo.io
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    Drill-down analysis6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana and Pendo.io
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Pendo.io
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    Publish to Web7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana and Pendo.io
    Feature
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pendo.io
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Small Businesses
    Looker Studio
    Score7.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Whatfix
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Whatfix
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GrafanaPendo.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
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    Pendo.io
    Pendo.io is useful in generating great dashboards that present user analytics in the best possible view that could be used for analysis & derive key insights on what could be done if there's a feature that's not being recognized by end users or if there are any pain points where users are struggling more around a workflow which is technically not that difficult. Pendo.io also can be used to create impactful guides where intercatoin of a user with the Guide can be created in less steps & have relevant information about that workflow that the user is completing. Pendo.io's resource center can act as a one stop hub to present any sidewide updates which could be information of Prod releases, New KB Articles, Register to any event, & much more. Segments can be created in as many variation as one can. In fact, Segments are the ruling property or feature that works so handy, which reduces a lot of iterative work.
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    Pros
    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
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    Pendo.io
    • NPS Surveys
    • Feature usage insights
    • Identifying user behaviors using Replay feature
    • Clearly segmenting users in a way we want it to be
    • Identifying time spent on a feature/product to better understand what customers actually use
    • Documentation, in-app guides and help section
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    Cons
    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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    Pendo.io
    • Dashboard is sometimes very slow to load
    • Preview is problematic if the Pendo.io user doesn't have access to the target environment or application where the guide is going to display
    • It would be ideal to have a gallery of thumbnail images of previously used guides to select from, either to pull a screen capture or to use as a template. It's cumbersome to go to the guides, find the one you want, click on Preview, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    We have had an excellent experience with Pendo. When we've had questions or concerns, Pendo is very quick to respond and communicate with us. We have experienced top-notch customer support and customer engagement. We have actually modeled some of our implementation and product processes after Pendo's examples.
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    Usability
    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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    Pendo.io
    It is intuitive for core tasks like tracking feature usage, building Guides, and viewing dashboards. The interface is clean and well structured, making it easy for product managers and operational teams to get value quickly without heavy technical support. However, there is a noticeable learning curve when setting up advanced custom events, reports, or integrations, which can take some time and internal knowledge-sharing to master.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    Every time I have logged into Pendo, the service has been available for me to use. The page has never been down when I am trying to get info from there.
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    Performance
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    Everything loads fairly quickly and it's not slow. I don't use an integration, I log in straight in the webpage.
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    Support Rating
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    They've been great anytime that we have needed help with something. They also have some really great help articles. We're able to figure most things out through their articles, but when we've had to call in they've been very helpful and we haven't had any problems. I'd highly recommend working with them.
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    Online Training
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    The training schedule was well thought out and tailored to meet our needs. Chantelle stayed with us through the whole implementation and made sure that we were good to go.
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    Implementation Rating
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    Use Segment to install and cut developers out of the work cycle!
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Pendo.io
    I have just very superficial experience with Google Analytics but I do believe that Pendo.io is a much much better tool in pretty much all aspects of it. It has a ton more features and capabilities and even for the capabilities where there is overlap, Pendo seems to come out ahead easily. There are aspects that Pendo could improve for sure such as what metadata it captures from the users; an example of this is screen resolution which Google Analytics captures but Pendo does not.
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    Scalability
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    The system is pretty flexible and scalable, I have used it in different browsers and devices without issues.
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    Return on Investment
    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
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    Pendo.io
    • Reducing development time with in-app guides and resource center, with product management being able to agilely create guides in real time, this could be as much as 1 full time developer in savings.
    • Reducing business time scoping "rock fetches" than are proven to be invaluable based on analytics, each time 1 single piece of analtical data saves around ~20 hours across multiple resources.
    • Increasing user satisfaction with in-app guides and resource center
    • Increasing usage of key features through targetted messaging, those key features either drive costs ou of our business or add value to customers business.
    Incentivized
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