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Azure Monitor vs Sentry comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Azure Monitor's support is mixed; users find premium plans helpful, but improvements in response time and competence are needed.
Sentiment score
3.5
Many users find Sentry's documentation sufficient, but some rate technical support 3.5/5 and use third-party resources for help.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.3
Azure Monitor requires improved deployment, integration, user interface, and support, with enhanced automation, billing transparency, and AI-based features.
Sentiment score
5.9
Sentry needs better automation, user metrics, customizable views, simpler integration, improved alerting, debugging, tracing, and enhanced admin features.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Azure Monitor is scalable and flexible for companies, though some face regional and integration challenges despite ongoing updates.
Sentiment score
7.8
Sentry scales efficiently for teams of varying sizes, handling millions of users and metrics without resource complaints or performance issues.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
4.7
Azure Monitor's pricing is seen as cost-effective or expensive, depending on usage, with benefits for existing Azure customers.
Sentiment score
7.4
Sentry provides cost-effective pricing options, including a free plan, flexible paid plans, and a self-hosted open-source version.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Azure Monitor is highly reliable and stable, with improvements over time, though some regional and advanced monitoring issues remain.
Sentiment score
8.0
Users generally rate Sentry positively for stability and reliability, appreciating its good uptime and open-source nature.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.7
Azure Monitor provides dynamic alerting, seamless integration, and robust data, aiding proactive issue resolution and system health maintenance.
Sentiment score
8.5
Sentry offers integration, error tracking, performance monitoring, security, and ease of use, making it superior to New Relic and Azure Monitor.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (5th)
Sentry
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Debugging (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Azure Monitor is 9.7%, up from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sentry is 6.5%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Swapan Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
A powerful Kusto query language but the alerting mechanism needs improvement
Alerts cannot be configured to monitor at a certain point in time. For example, we might want to alert people at zero hours but that is not possible. Splunk can accomplish this and its alerts are far better than the solution's options. The alerting mechanism is not up to the market. The default interface should be improved. You can prepare your own dashboard by using custom query language, but the default interface is not good.
Abdullah Baig - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-use solution that has a good dashboard, performs well, and provides flexible pricing
Sentry was easy to learn compared to New Relic and Azure Monitor. I saw some valuable input. It took us the least amount of time to see how Sentry is valuable. It took just a few minutes. Session Replay provides a replay of the recorded errors. It is a good feature. Azure Monitor does not have this feature. The error reporting is straightforward. We can see everything that we need to see. The dashboard seems pretty fine. The product performs well. We can see the user's IP addresses.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?
Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...
What do you like most about Azure Monitor?
Azure Monitor is a very easy-to-use product in the cloud environment.
What needs improvement with Azure Monitor?
Azure Monitor could improve by adding capabilities for data observability and integrating more tightly with their data platform components.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sentry?
The product costs $26 a month if we choose a yearly subscription. Code coverage can be added for an additional $29 per month. The Team plan is the cheapest package available. We can make our own bu...
What needs improvement with Sentry?
It would be nice if the product provided a map showing the users’ geographic location.
 

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Sample Customers

Rackspace, First Gas, Allscripts, ABB Group
Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Uber
Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Monitor vs. Sentry and other solutions. Updated: December 2024.
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