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PROS

Grafana excels in providing comprehensive details during downtimes or fluctuations, offering thorough reports.
Grafana is easy to install and deploy on the cloud, requiring only a few clicks for setup.
Grafana integrates well with multiple data sources, APIs, and third-party tools.
Grafana provides a vast array of plugins that enhance data processing and visualization.
Grafana offers powerful visualization capabilities and is effective in monitoring and alerting.

CONS

Security needs improvement, particularly in adding permissions on dashboards.
Features for out-of-the-box dashboards and OpenNMS need expansion.
Reporting types are limited, impacting managerial needs for specific or general reports.
Configuration for file saving and data source simplification could be improved.
Alerts setup and automating daily monitoring reports require enhancement.
 

Grafana Pros review quotes

it_user200937 - PeerSpot reviewer
System & Network Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 24, 2017
Visualisation: It is easy to create beautiful, understanding graphs, snapshots to share the graphs with people who do not have access to Grafana, and templating to create powerful graphs.
SP
Network Monitoring Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jun 12, 2019
This solution provides valuable insights into the health of our infrastructure in real time.
Faustine Chisasa - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at TZ Telecom Ltd.
Feb 10, 2024
Almost any kind of visualization is possible with Grafana and all dashboards are configurable.
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Herve MEFTAH - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps/Kubernetes consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jul 5, 2022
Great capacity planning and the solution has a great GUI.
Johnson Adekunle - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer | AWS Certified Solutions Architect at Venture Garden Group
Jul 24, 2022
We can write queries in different languages, which is beneficial for visualization.
AH
IT Analyst at Hydro Quebec
Aug 8, 2022
It is a stable, reliable product.
AnmolRai - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Aug 12, 2022
It provides a graphical representation and it's clear to see what's happening.
DC
Technical Lead at Capgemini
Aug 24, 2022
The best feature was the creation of graphs and trends.
Jatin Sawhney - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Associate Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2022
Grafana's best features are live monitoring and alerts.
Felipe Lopes - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at Alice
Oct 4, 2022
The initial setup is straightforward with just a few clicks on the solution's cloud.
 

Grafana Cons review quotes

it_user200937 - PeerSpot reviewer
System & Network Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 24, 2017
​The security needs to be improved, such as the capacity to add permissions on dashboards.​
SP
Network Monitoring Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jun 12, 2019
More dashboard is required, out-of-the-box, for OpenNMS.
Faustine Chisasa - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at TZ Telecom Ltd.
Feb 10, 2024
It is limited on the reporting type supported, which is important for managerial-level officers who want reports that are either general or specific.
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Herve MEFTAH - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps/Kubernetes consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jul 5, 2022
Trigger limits are difficult to see in a graph.
Johnson Adekunle - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer | AWS Certified Solutions Architect at Venture Garden Group
Jul 24, 2022
The product's configuration for saving files could be improved.
AH
IT Analyst at Hydro Quebec
Aug 8, 2022
It would be helpful if they simplified the data source.
AnmolRai - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Aug 12, 2022
Multiple dashboards combined into one dashboard has slowed things down for us.
DC
Technical Lead at Capgemini
Aug 24, 2022
If there was an issue on one node, we couldn't drill down and see all the issues on other nodes.
Jatin Sawhney - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Associate Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2022
It would be helpful if Grafana provided more information and training on how to use Prometheus.
Felipe Lopes - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at Alice
Oct 4, 2022
The solution has room for improvement with a better API to help automate the construction of the dashboards easier.