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We performed a comparison between Prometheus and Raygun APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability.
To learn more, read our detailed Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Report (Updated: April 2024).
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  • "The price of Prometheus is good, it is affordable because it is open source and there is no cost to it. You put it on your own server and the costs incurred completely depend on how you set it up."
  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "The solution is not expensive."
  • "The solution is open source."
  • "The solution is free of cost."
  • "We use the solution's open-source version."
  • "The tool is open-sourced."
  • "We have the open-source version, so we don't pay for it."
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    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Prometheus is its ability to collect metrics.
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    Overview

    Prometheus is a powerful open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for cloud-native environments. 

    It collects metrics from various sources, including applications, services, and infrastructure components, providing real-time insights into system performance. 

    With its flexible data model and query language, Prometheus enables users to analyze and visualize metrics, facilitating troubleshooting and capacity planning. Its robust alerting system allows for proactive monitoring, notifying users of any anomalies or issues. 

    Prometheus also offers seamless integration with popular tools and frameworks, making it a versatile solution for monitoring and observability.

    We’ve redefined what APM should be, giving your team greater context and diagnostic tools into your biggest performance questions. Discover and pinpoint the root cause of performance issues with greater speed and accuracy than traditional APM solutions.

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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Retailer13%
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    Large Enterprise31%
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    Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. Updated: April 2024.
    768,886 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Prometheus is ranked 9th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 32 reviews while Raygun APM is ranked 71st in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. Prometheus is rated 8.4, while Raygun APM is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Prometheus writes "A very flexible open box that can be used vastly to do anything you need". On the other hand, Prometheus is most compared with Azure Monitor, New Relic, Dynatrace, Sentry and AWS X-Ray, whereas Raygun APM is most compared with .

    See our list of best Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability vendors.

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