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Updated on Jun 29, 2023

We performed a comparison between Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) and VMware Tanzu Observability based on real PeerSpot user reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: Google Cloud's operations suite has a simple and uncomplicated initial setup process, while VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront's setup process can be hit or miss depending on the individual's technical expertise and the involvement of various teams such as network and security.
  • Features: Google Cloud's operations suite offers well-regarded monitoring, stable logging and tracing, and a user-friendly interface. Meanwhile, VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront stands out for its simple deployment, support for open-source technologies, and assistance with third-party integration.
  • Pricing: Opinions on pricing for Google Cloud's operations suite are divided, while VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront can be costly with high licensing fees, but may be worth the investment for those without the resources to create their own tools.
  • Service and Support: Google Cloud's operations suite has excellent technical support, and users trust it. Meanwhile, some users depend on their DevOps team instead of reaching out to customer service. On the other hand, VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront's customer service reviews are mixed. Some users had problems with it, while others found it acceptable.
  • ROI: Both Google Cloud's operations suite and VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront have been found to yield positive ROI for users. They both provide benefits such as faster issue identification and resolution, reduced downtime, optimized infrastructure, improved application performance, and cost reduction.

Comparison Results: Users prefer Google Cloud's operations suite over VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront. The former has a user-friendly interface, impressive cloud logging feature, and positive ROI, while the latter has a consumption-based billing model and high licensing costs. Additionally, the initial setup process of VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is more challenging. Overall, Google Cloud's operations suite is a more accessible and cost-effective option.

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"It's easy to use.""The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports.""We find the solution to be stable.""Provides visibility into the performance uptime.""The most valuable feature is the multi-cloud integration, where there is support for both GCP and AWS.""I like the monitoring feature.""Google's technical support is very good.""Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."

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"For us, the ease of deployment in combination with TMZ was the most important part because we don't have to manually deploy a complex monitoring solution. We can more or less do that with the click of a button, and we are not dependent on the developers to provide us with all the necessary features and functions to make that work. We can just deploy it on a workload cluster and monitor at least a good part of the workload. If we want to go into detail, we clearly need to make changes, but for a good part of application monitoring, it gives us good insights.""This solution allows me to have true visibility for any metrics when it comes to my cloud, and private.""Tanzu itself, integrated with multiple solutions, bestows support and security upon a container platform, especially when it comes to managing open-source container platforms such as Kubernetes.""The most valuable aspects of the solution are its ease of use and its ease of implementation.""No issues with stability.""The features I find most valuable is the querying and alerting capabilities.""The solution is great for virtualization and preparing the infrastructure in Tanzu to test products. It's very fast and has good visibility.""VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support."

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Cons
"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient.""It could be even more automated.""It could be more stable.""It is difficult to estimate in advance how much something is going to cost.""While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace.""The logging functionality could be better.""If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver.""This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."

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"They could make it more easy to plug-in data so that a nontechnical person will be able to use it, like accountants or finance people. That way they don't have to ask us.""The documentation and integration with Kubernetes could be improved.""The initial setup should be easier and more seamless.""The main problem I have is that the license cost is very high.""Its billing model is consumption-based. I understand the consumption-based model, but it is not necessarily easy to estimate and guess how many points or how much we are going to consume on a specific application up until we get to that point. So, for us, it would be helpful to have more insights or predictability into what we can expect from a cost perspective if we are starting to use specific features. This can potentially also drive our consumption a bit more.""It could use a URL document server. Everything in the market is moving towards automation and everybody's looking for the single click operations as well relational data locality.""The implementation is a long process that should be improved.""I would like to see integration with Kubernetes cluster and APIs so that you can manage the entire stack."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."
  • "The cost could be lower."
  • "We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."
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  • "Different locations require different setups. In your terms, around 300 to around 400K USD."
  • "I don't have the details. In our case, there is a mixture in place. We have production usage, and we are also doing training for VMware. So, we also have a training instance. It is worth the money you would spend on it. That's because if you were to build all of this yourself by using some of the open source tools, then you would need a lot of time."
  • "The licensing costs are very high, particularly when you consider that we have to purchase a level 1 license for every integration, such as the load balancer, HAProxy, and the MSSP. And if you want to use vSAN, that's another license. Then, of course, Tanzu Observability has its own separate license."
  • "I would rate the pricing as three out of five."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It could be even more automated. For instance, the moment you deploy something, the monitoring can be there for everything. You will just have to launch or click the console in the morning, and then… more »
    Top Answer:VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.
    Top Answer:It's hard to set up Tanzu clusters. It's hard to do a POC. Once you set up a customer's environment, you easily see the problems. The initial setup should be easier and more seamless.
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    Also Known As
    Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring
    Tanzu Observability, Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability
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    Overview

    Real-time log management and analysis

    Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services inside and outside of Google Cloud. Get advanced performance, troubleshooting, security, and business insights with Log Analytics, integrating the power of BigQuery into Cloud Logging.

    Built-in metrics observability at scale

    Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications. Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud services, hosted uptime probes, application instrumentation, and a variety of common application components. Visualize this data on charts and dashboards and create alerts so you are notified when metrics are outside of expected ranges.

    Stand-alone managed service for running and scaling Prometheus

    Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, built on top of the same globally scalable data store as Cloud Monitoring. Keep your existing visualization, analysis, and alerting services, as this data can be queried with PromQL or Cloud Monitoring.

    Monitor and improve your application's performance

    Application Performance Management (APM) combines the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with Cloud Trace and Cloud Profiler to help you reduce latency and cost so you can run more efficient applications.

    VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is a powerful tool for monitoring and analyzing the performance and availability of applications and infrastructure in real-time. 

    With its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, visualizing and analyzing data becomes effortless. The real-time alerting system ensures timely issue resolution, while scalability and a user-friendly interface provide a seamless experience for smooth operations.

    Sample Customers
    Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games
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    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider29%
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications
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    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is ranked 21st in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 9 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Applications is ranked 32nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 9 reviews. Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is rated 7.8, while VMware Aria Operations for Applications is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) writes "Good logging and tracing but does need more profiling capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Applications writes "Easy to deploy, worth the money, and helpful for uptime monitoring and performance insights". Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is most compared with AWS X-Ray, Datadog, Azure Monitor, Grafana and Amazon CloudWatch, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Applications is most compared with Dynatrace, Grafana, Datadog, Zabbix and Prometheus. See our Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications report.

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