We performed a comparison between Prometheus and Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) 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."It is a stable solution...Based on the feedback I have received from my colleagues in our company's IT department, the setup phase of the solution is relatively easy."
"The product has an easy-to-understand interface."
"The solution offers an easy way to install and scratch values."
"It has lots of APIs and libraries to integrate with any kind of language."
"It is an efficient solution."
"The most valuable feature of Prometheus is its ability to collect metrics."
"The most valuable features of Prometheus for metrics collection and monitoring are its stability, robustness, and rich set of features."
"The good thing is it integrates well with the Grafana dashboard. It comes with a UI where you see everything as a graph."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy."
"They could provide efficient logs in terms of clarity and ease of access similar to Datadog’s paid version."
"The query language in Prometheus is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The setup could be made easier for new users because it requires a bit of advance knowledge or experience."
"The DSL could be improved."
"The solution has shortcomings regarding security monitoring-oriented features to support custom use cases, like out-of-the-box test scenarios and threat-related use cases of its users."
"The interface is not particularly user-friendly and that could be improved."
"Prometheus' UI color can improve. Using the Prometheus UI for configuration or analyzing queries is a horrible experience."
"The solution's error handling part could be improved."
"The initial setup of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) was easy. The solution is deployed on-premises."
Prometheus is ranked 9th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 32 reviews while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is ranked 42nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 1 review. Prometheus is rated 8.4, while Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is rated 9.0. 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, the top reviewer of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) writes "A stable tool with an easy setup phase that provides ease of use to its users". Prometheus is most compared with Azure Monitor, New Relic, Dynatrace, Sentry and AWS X-Ray, whereas Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM) is most compared with Sentry, Chronosphere and Splunk APM.
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