Azure Monitor Reviews

We are currently testing the Azure Monitor, yet we've not turned it on for production yet.

We were looking for a monitoring tool. We needed a few features, and then we thought that Azure Monitor might not be able to do everything for us out of the box. There might be some development work that may be involved if we have to use Azure Monitor. However, we've really not used it. We are just trying it out now.

The major thing we will use it for is to monitor applications and then resources. For the ones that are on the app services, they are straightforward; however, we're looking at monitoring applications that are running on the virtual machines, on VMs. That's not straightforward. You need to be able to use some APIs to be able to do the logs from the applications that are running on the VM and all that. 

We are in the POC phase. We're still testing things out. 

I'm not working with it directly and therefore haven't noted any outstanding features. 

I'm not working with it directly and therefore haven't noted any missing features.

The setup so far has been complicated.

It might not have all of the capabilities we will need. 

We've barely used it. We just tested it now. We are now trying to turn on our production environment for a while. We just started using it a week or two ago.

We've barely used the solution for production. It's hard to grade the stability at this point. 

I'm not working with the solution directly and can't comment on the scalability.

From what I've seen so far, for our use case, it's a bit complicated if we have to monitor directly from the virtual machine or if we need to pull logs and stuff from the virtual machine to create an API and all that. You need a developer to be able to create an API for you so that the Azure Monitor can consume or pull the logs. From the discussions I've had with the cloud engineer and what we've seen, that area is a bit complicated. That said, it's not like it can't be done.

The pricing is a bit tricky with regard to the storage and then the load. You need to be very particular about what the storage is about. You need to consider the size of storage you need and then the load that you be pushing as well. If you look at the fact sheet, then it is expensive. However, you can't go with the fact sheet since the fact sheet doesn't factor in the environment to determine the cost estimation.

It could be cheap, or it could be expensive, depending on how you deploy or configure it.

We've also looked at SolarWinds. We are looking at ManageEngine, and we're also looking at Foglight Evolve. These are some of the solutions that we are looking at for monitoring.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. We usually just turn it on. 

The upside to the solution is if you are working in a Microsoft or Azure environment, it makes things easier. It's like a Mercedes mechanic working on a Mercedes car as opposed to a Toyota. If you are within the Azure umbrella, it's easier. However, it depends on the company and what it wants to achieve.

I'd rate it six out of ten. 

The main use case for this solution includes infrastructure monitoring, Application Insights and APM.

One of the most useful aspects of this solution is the out-of-the-box functionality on all areas, especially on Application Insights, zero instrumentation, and artificial intelligence for event correlation.

This solution could be improved with more out-of-the-box functionalities and artificial intelligence to complete event correlation.

I have used this solution for four years. 

This is a stable solution. 

This is a scalable solution.

I have previously used Dynatrace and Datadog. Dynatrace is the most expensive solution but also the fastest to produce results. I would rate Datadog to fall between Azure Monitor and Dynatrace. Azure Monitor is the most cost-effective of the three solutions. 

The initial setup is relatively easy. It requires time and involves a lot of work.

Azure Monitor is a full-scale solution that could work for small to larger size companies. For a large enterprise, Azure Monitor may require additional tools to complement the offering.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

I use this service for log analytics of application and SQL database

It has improved the quality of application and through this we are able to analyze application performance, it gives alerts and insights of the application which helps us so much

The solution offers excellent security features.

The product provides us with useful alerts that makes recommendations about the security and the platform.

The solution works well overall. It's easy to implement and simple to use.

I'd like the solution to do more around vulnerability assessment. It's lacking in the product right now.

I've been using the solution for about one year so far.

The solution is quite stable on the cloud. We haven't had issues. There have been no bugs, crashes or glitches. We've found it to be quite reliable so far.

The solution is quite scalable, especially on the cloud. If a company needs to expand, it can easily do so. There aren't constraints.

The technical support is excellent. I have premium support, so when I need assistance I'm able to easily get it.

The initial setup is not complex and is, in fact, quite straightforward. It's good.

We're using the latest version of the solution. I'm not sure of the exact version number.

Basically, it's a service. I'm a partner of Microsoft. I'm using this solution for monitoring for my customers. I believe it's a good product for me, to monitor all the services across many clients.

The businesses I assist are all small or medium-sized companies.

I would recommend the solution. Any company can just buy the product and use it straight away. There is no need for a proof of concept.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

I use the SaaS version. I use Azure Monitor to collect and index logs for my systems. It allows me to search through my logs and find bugs and mistakes. From there, it helps me report these mistakes.

We use this solution every day. I plan on continuing to use this solution for specific parts of projects but for other portions of my projects, I plan on using DataDog or something similar. 

It's difficult to say as I only use a small part of this solution; however, It can be quite difficult to use at times. I think there are better solutions available. 

In my opinion, they should improve the overall user experience, especially when it comes to indexing and searching collective logs. The search language they've developed is quite difficult to understand. 

I have been using Azure Monitor for roughly two years. 

Azure Monitor is very stable. 

I've never had to contact technical support for this solution. I haven't encountered any issues that required their assistance.

We used to use an on-premise solution, but I cannot remember the name of it. We switched over to Azure because it was better suited to our needs. 

As this is a cloud solution, the initial setup was very easy. Deployment took only 10-15 minutes — it's very simple. 

I was not involved with the licensing of this solution.

In my opinion, Azure Monitor is not the best solution available on the market. My advice is to check out other solutions before you decide to implement Azure Monitor.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Azure Monitor a rating of five. The user experience needs to be improved. It takes a lot of time and organization to learn how to use it properly. It's much more difficult to use compared to other solutions. 

We primarily use the solution as a Server monitoring service.

The solution can be scaled.

The solution is quite stable.

Overall, we're not too enthusiastic about the solution.

The solution is administration heavy, and very cumbersome. Using it is a lot of work on the admin side. It doesn't do things out of the box the way other products do. 

The new  data ingest pricing model is wrong. They should scrap that all together. It should be a flat rate per year. As of right now, it fluctuates month to month, so it's hard to really know how much you will be charged.

The solution needs a lot of work. It needs out of the box monitoring, real-time monitoring, and better network mapping.  There are many features that are lacking.

The process of implementation needs to be easier. 

The problem is the solution only does Azure. It can't monitor any other SAAS products. That's a very limiting design flaw.

We've been dealing with the solution for three years at this point.

The stability is okay. I just think it doesn't have the same agility as its competitors like ExtraHop, New Relic, or Dynatrace. 

It's nowhere near as good as those products.

The scalability of the solution is pretty good. A company has the capabilities of expanding if they need to.

I personally have never contacted technical support. However, we haven't had any issues. We haven't really used the solution in any great detail and therefore haven't run into many issues simply due to it being complicated to administer its features. 

The solution is currently replacing SCOM, and SCOM is a very admin heavy product. Azure Monitor seems to require a lot of admin as well.

Neither are out-of-the-box solutions. Both require a lot of work.

I didn't participate in implementing the solution, so I can't personally evaluate how the process went. I'm not sure if it's complex or straightforward. However, one of my technicians handles the process, and it's my understanding that it's very complicated to set up.

In House

None, it cost more to run than any benefits gained

Due to the fact that the pricing has changed to a date ingest model, it can get very expensive. The costing can fluctuate quite a bit month to month.  There isn't a way to really say this costs so many dollars a month.

No unfortunately as this product came with our bulk licensing agreement.

We're just a Microsoft customer. We don't have any special relationship with the company.

We use a mixture of hybrid, public, and private cloud in terms of deployment models.

The product is not as good as a lot of market-leading products.

We haven't used the solution a great deal yet. We've only just scratched the surface. because we don't have the time to spend on it.

I'd rate the solution four our of ten.

I wouldn't recommend the solution at all. I would direct other companies to go to either ExtraHop or New Relic. I would go to Dynatrace as well if I had the choice. 

Microsoft Azure Monitor would be one of the last things on my list to recommend to others.

We are a consulting and software development firm and we have a lot of experience with Cloud solutions. In 2019 we start our Solutions in Microsoft Azure. The Azure Monitor is one of the products that we used for our solutions and client tools to monitor the relevant infrastructur, applications and problems. Azure Monitor is a usefull tool to have a dashboard with all metrics information over all using enviroments.

Azure Monitor has made it much easier for us to constantly monitor the infrastructure and applications with possible problems. With regular use and maintenance, the emerging scope of evaluation data can also be clearly arranged.

Downtimes are no longer desirable these days and with Azure Monitor the undetected downtime has been reduced to a few minutes.

The most valuable feature is the survey of surveillance data in real time and the useful dashboard.

We like the performance display of the applications and the ability to identify problems as well as resources on which they depend.

Service Health is very helpful in identifying existing service problems and leading to a quick solution.

Sending multidimensional metrics through diagnostic settings should be supported.

We have been working with Azure Monitor for the past year. In 2019 we starting in the Azure Cloud with our solutions.

Azure Monitor is very stable.

To this point, my impression is that it is scalable and it is a good tool to find infrastructure and application problems in realtime. We are in the B2B market and our clients are enterprise-level companies.

We do not generally use technical support. The linked help and built-in assistants can often provide immediate help. We look for tutorials and search the web using Google/Bing to find solutions to our problems if we have them.

In the Azure Monitor case, everything was self-explanatory and the additional online help was completely sufficient.

Prior to Azure Monitor, we did not work with any similar solutions. 

I would say that the initial setup is somewhere between easy and complex. It starts a little bit easier with the wizards, but if you want to achieve the best performance then you have to know the product well. 

Find infrastructure and application problems in realtime.

Using the capacity reservations.

My advice for anybody who is implementing Azure Monitor is to look for the tutorial before starting. Then, to install and set up the monitor, use the wizards. The combination will help you to find the best ways to use the tools.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Our use case for this solution is application monitoring using the Insights app. We have about five specialists in our operations team and we also have an application management team of around 10 people. There are plans to increase usage but that's something that is driven by the customers that we provide our services to. We partner with Azure Monitor and I work as a SW technologist and process unit manager in the company. 

There are a few good features in this solution. First, it's integrated with Azure DevOps. Second, it has good load gathering and very good analysis. Finally, the metrics gathering, even though it requires some actions and application level, is also fairly good.

I think the product could be improved if they were to work on automation related to gathering metrics from more applications without the need for instrumentation and things like that. I'd like them to work more on that.

Additional features they could include would be more automations related to applications and monitoring, user experience monitoring on the application level. Improvement on technical support would also be helpful. 

I've been using the solution for six months. 

This is a stable solution.

I haven't tested the solution for scalability but from the specifications it seems that it would be easily scalable. 

The technical support could be improved - their response time can be quite slow. 

Prior to using Azure Monitor I used SolarWinds. I think that SolarWinds is more infrastructure level oriented while Azure covers infrastructure but also covers the application side. That's why we migrated to Azure.

The initial setup was very straightforward. Transfer to the solution required some training so I think in total it took us about two weeks. 

Before choosing Azure Monitor, we evaluated it compared to SolarWinds and Dynatrace, which was a more expensive solution.

This is a good enough product for anyone wanting something that might not be top of the range but it does the work easily, is simple to configure and is a fair price.  

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We are using multiple monitoring tools at the moment and are looking for a single solution that can monitor everything. As part of our current setup, we are using Azure Monitor to monitor our network.

It ensures that our network is responding correctly and looks to see if there are any anomalies.

The most valuable feature is that it ensures our servers are up.

When something goes down, we want the option to have automation in place to get it back up again as quickly as possible.

It is not very user-friendly so the GUI can be improved.

We have just started using Azure Monitor.

We have had no issues with respect to stability.

Scalability has not been a problem.

We have used other monitoring tools and one of the advantages of Azure Monitor is that it is easier for us to use because we're mainly a Microsoft shop.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. We deployed in stages over about a month.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this tool is to take your time with it and see if it is the right one for you. If it is, then get rid of all of the other tools.

This is a good product but it is not very user-friendly at this stage.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.