CA Unified Communications Monitor vs Grafana Enterprise Stack comparison

Broadcom and Grafana Labs are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Broadcom is ranked #69, while Grafana Labs is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.5. Broadcom holds a 0.3% mindshare in IM, compared to Grafana Labs’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Grafana Labs users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

CA Unified Communications Monitor and Grafana Enterprise Stack are competing in network monitoring and data visualization. Grafana Enterprise Stack seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced visualization and integration features, making it more comprehensive for in-depth data analysis.

Features: CA Unified Communications Monitor focuses on monitoring network performance and communication systems efficiently. It provides detailed insights into network health, offers structured support, and facilitates seamless integration into existing environments. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides advanced visualization tools, integrates with multiple data sources, and allows customizable dashboards, delivering a versatile data exploration experience.

Room for Improvement: CA Unified Communications Monitor could enhance its integration with modern data systems, improve its reporting functionalities, and expand its support for cloud environments. Grafana Enterprise Stack could simplify its learning curve for new users, offer more straightforward out-of-the-box solutions, and optimize its pricing model for small businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Unified Communications Monitor offers a straightforward deployment model with structured support services tailored for network environments. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides flexible deployment options, including cloud and on-premise solutions, supported by a strong global community and professional services. CA's deployment is seamless, while Grafana offers flexibility and extensive community support.

Pricing and ROI: CA Unified Communications Monitor requires an upfront investment with a predictable cost structure, aiming for quick ROI through improved network management. Grafana Enterprise Stack presents variable pricing based on deployment needs and feature sets, justifying the investment through comprehensive analysis capabilities that enhance data insights and long-term efficiency. CA focuses on dedicated monitoring capabilities, whereas Grafana aligns scalable pricing with its diverse functionalities.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Unified Communications M...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

69th

Average Rating

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (5th), Network Monitoring Software (95th)

Grafana Enterprise Stack

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of CA Unified Communications Monitor is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Grafana Enterprise Stack is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Grafana Enterprise Stack	1.2%
CA Unified Communications Monitor	0.3%
Other	98.5%

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IT Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Good end-to-end voice quality monitoring and offers valuable features

The solution should have automatic baseline detection. On the per hour, per base, per week. That's usually the best. And on a per individual CI level. I know that they're working on it and when that's available then we will definitely implement it because it will reduce the effort we need to maintain all the products. Right now we have to set thresholds for every location, and it needs to be actually dynamic so if we have better thresholding, we'll have faster alarms across all our locations. We won't have to expend effort on it by resetting or checking them on a regular basis.

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Gregory Diana

Managing Director at Exponential Energy (Pty) Ltd

Offers very good charting capabilities and capable of automatically generating dashboards, even for a large number of data points

In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party. It's like Node-RED. Node-RED is free, and you can choose an application, but that application depends on the person who's supporting it. If they decide not to support it, then you're stuck. However, I believe that it can't be improved or changed because people have to make money and make a living from it. Nothing will ever be changed. It depends on the software. Same as Windward. Windward just decided it could not support a large number of customers, so it focused on high-income, low-volume clients. Whereas Node-RED has millions of followers and fantastic support, the same as Grafana. Grafana is partly free, but it's your problem. That's how all these companies work. If you're big and you pay a lot of money, they'll pay attention to you.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the solution to meet the needs of the customer."

"Good end-to-end monitoring"

"Grafana's full observability stack, known as LGTM, is highly valuable."

"The dashboards are pretty good."

"Grafana's full observability stack, known as LGTM, is highly valuable."

"The most valuable features of Grafana for data visualization are its ability to create intuitive dashboards and its wide range of visualization options like graphs, charts, and tables."

"Grafana has enough features around dashboard management. It's got enough plugins to create your dashboards."

"The most valuable feature of Grafana Enterprise Stack is the dashboards."

"Compared to other packages, Grafana Enterprise Stack is user-friendly and easy to configure quickly."

"The ability to graph actual, live, or on-the-fly activity is valuable; it is an added value to work with Grafana Enterprise Stack and to display results or logs, which are huge in nature, in graphical characters."

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Cons

"The solution should have automatic baseline detection."

"All the features and functions of the solution can be improved."

"The connection between metrics, logs, and traces could be improved."

"If Grafana Enterprise Stack could display transaction queries in dashboard format similar to New Relic, it would provide more options and capabilities for users."

"In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party."

"The tool needs to show only fewer updates."

"I have encountered occasional issues with false inputs or incorrect data in Grafana."

"They could use more small tutorials to explain a bit about how Grafana works."

"I find Grafana really hard to configure. It's difficult to build the dashboard, and it's non-intuitive. In my opinion, it's very difficult to work with Grafana."

"Integrating AI capabilities for automated self-healing and reduced manual interventions would be valuable."

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"I use the tool's free license."

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Energy/Utilities Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Overview

CA Unified Communications Monitor is a unified communications monitoring solution that evaluates and reports on the network’s support of real-time applications in multi-vendor environments, so that Network Administrators can optimize the network’s quality of service and end user experience.

Broadcom

Grafana Enterprise Stack is a powerful tool for real-time data monitoring and visualization. With its flexible and scalable features, it is widely used for creating dashboards, analyzing metrics, and gaining insights into infrastructure, databases, and applications.

Its valuable features include powerful visualization capabilities, extensive data source integrations, customizable dashboards, a user-friendly interface, and a robust alerting system. Users appreciate its flexibility, scalability, and ability to integrate with different data sources, making it suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases.

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