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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Prometheus

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/APrometheus is a service monitoring and time series database, which is open source.N/A

    Watchman Monitoring by Syncro

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Watchman Monitoring is a read-only IT Alerting, hardware monitoring, & high-availability beacon reporting SaaS designed for resale by IT professionals looking to provide proactive support to their offerings. The Watchman Monitoring Client has a single focus: to detect and report issues. Watchman Monitoring was acquired by Syncro (SyncroMSP) in 2021, and is now a Syncro brand.

    $99

    per month

    Pricing
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Editions & Modules
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    Getting Started
    $99
    per month 25 included computer records
    In-House IT
    $219
    per month 250 included computer records
    Consultant
    $299
    per month 1500 included computer records
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per month 1501+ included computer records
    In-House IT Large
    starting at $299
    per month 251-1500+ included computer records
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$400 one-time fee (includes custom branding)
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    Community Pulse
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Prometheus and Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Feature
    Prometheus
    -
    Ratings
    Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Prometheus and Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Feature
    Prometheus
    -
    Ratings
    Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Software and hardware inventory00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Prometheus and Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Feature
    Prometheus
    -
    Ratings
    Watchman Monitoring by Syncro
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customizable reporting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Risk analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (36 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PrometheusWatchman Monitoring by Syncro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    This program works from the roots of the problem and creates a professional matrix for each of its users. This will give them more skills and resources to carry out tasks and reduce the difficulties of operating each of the processes of my work, as well as being An ally for the manipulation and operability of all your master data; Prometheus is very easy to recommend since it is a program that fulfills its mission.
    Incentivized
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
    If you are in IT consulting or manage any fleet of computers, both Mac and PC (and yes Linux) - you should have this installed. It will be able to provide you the information needed to repair computers and avoid productivity loss by users.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Looking at metrics such as the aggregate number of HTTP requests served.
    • Understanding how our services are performing in aggregate.
    • Easy to deploy within a variety of architectures/environments.
    • Open source so new features are added regularly and bugs are fixed in a timely manner.
    • Free so there are no licensing restrictions.
    • Endorsed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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    • Super easy to deploy.
    • Integrates well with ZenDesk and YourComputerInventory.com.
    • Website is very clear and email to manage.
    • Support is awesome.
    • Super lightweight package.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Customer Service: since this is an open-source tool, customer service is not that great. Generally, you get all answers to your problems in online forums, but in case you got stuck, nobody will assist you in a channelised manner. You will have to find the way out on your own, and it may become frustrating at times.
    • More metrics for dashboards shall be added per the application being monitored. Standards metrics will work in most cases but may not in specific applications. Therefore, customised metrics shall be created for some of the industry-standard niche applications.
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
    • Would like to see non-computer deployment agent - such as Synology.
    • Since it's mainly reporting, this isn't necessary improvement, but it would be good if it can receive data - so in case we can't ping a machine, maybe use Watchman as a backdoor - but that would go against it's main principles.
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    Usability
    Open Source
    It is usable and one can learn if few people in the team are already using it. It can be difficult to understand at the beginning because of non intuitive UI and syntax of the rules. So, I've gone for 7 points as there is some room for improvement in user interface and rules syntax.
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    Never had to reach out to them.
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    Highly customized pricing plans to choose from. Lower pricing for the same features compared to competitors. Easy to reach the support team, which provided detailed documentation and helped set up the Prometheus. Monitoring metrics gets very easy after the integration with Grafana. It also has a sophisticated alert setting mechanism to ensure we don't miss anything critical.
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • We are still working on the ROI
    • The ROI mentioned during the purchase has not been achieved, however this could be due to lack of data from our side. 2 years of implementation is too early to calculate and confirm the ROI.
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    SyncroMSP Servably Inc
    • I've been using it since the day it came out - there have so many times where a machine has had an error reported by Watchman that we've been able to save the client before something terrible happened.
    • The ROI is there - you can easily resell this product to your clients, or wrap it into your product offering.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Provide Proactive Support. Watchman Monitoring’s white-labeled cross-platform monitoring & read-only IT alerting solutions help IT professionals avoid downtime, reduce time spent troubleshooting computers, increase recurring revenue, better manage support tickets, and to provide proactive support to their clients.