Middleware v/s Grafana
Tired of Grafana's complexity draining resources and time? Switch to simple, SaaS-based Middleware for efficient monitoring.
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Customers Who Moved from Grafana to Middleware Found
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Better Data Correlation
Offers seamlessly linking logs, metrics, and traces for a unified system view, enabling faster root cause analysis and reduced MTTR.
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Hidden Cost
Save more with predictable usage-based pricing. No managing multiple tools and counting containers, hosts, or functions.
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Troubleshoot faster
Faster one minute installation and data analysis to accelerate troubleshooting
Why You Should Make The Move to Middleware
On-Premise Deployment
Deploy on-premise with Middleware for cost savings, enhanced security, and flexible cloud or on-premise deployment options.
Transparent Pricing, No Hidden Cost
Enjoy comprehensive monitoring with transparent pricing, longer retention, free storage, no hidden fees, and all-inclusive features in one plan.
Ingestion Control
Control ingestion, send only essential data, and save costs with customized pipelines and ingestion settings.
Comprehensive Observability/ Unified Platform
A single platform for logs, metrics, traces, APM, RUM, and synthetic monitoring, eliminating the need for multiple tools.
Data Retention
Allowing customers to store and analyze historical data for longer durations without any more complexity.
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Evaluate on Your Own with Side by Side Comparison
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| On-prem Deployment | Limited | Deploy on-premise to save egrees costs, better data security, and privacy in Middleware. In Grafana, you need to self-manage multiple backends. | |
| Value for Money | 3x to 5x cost-effective | 5X costly | Compared to Grafana, Middleware offers a single plan for all features. Transparent pricing, which reduces cost by around 5X compared to Grafana. |
| Log, Metrics, Traces | Middleware is a comprehensive observability platform that includes APM, infrastructure monitoring, and log management in a single place. In contrast, for Grafana, we need to configure integrations to see all of them. | ||
| Ingestion Pipeline | Control what metrics you want to send and save costs on metrics monitoring. | ||
| A Single Tool For All Needs | Middleware includes all features like log monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, APM, Synthetic monitoring, RUM (real user monitoring) with session replays, and many more. In contrast, in Grafana, you have limited features, so you need to use multiple tools for all observability needs. | ||
| Better Correlation | Better experience in querying/filtering data and correlating alerts to logs, metrics, and traces data to find root causes in the Middleware than in Grafana. | ||
| Better Log Monitoring | Better and faster log monitoring with features like pattern and anomaly detection. | ||
| Auto exception monitoring for traces | Middleware provides a dedicated error handling screen that automatically lists down all exceptions captured from OTel instrumented application. | ||
| Index All OTel Resource Attributes | Grafana only indexes limited resource attributes of OTel logs by default. | ||
| Indexing of Attributes in Strings, Numbers, Bool | Loki converts all non-string values to string while indexing, but Middleware supports indexing of attributes in string, number of boolean. | ||
| No User-based Pricing | Unlimited Free User | Per User Charge | Grafana charges $20 per active IRM user. |
| Longer Data Retention | Longer data retention period in Middleware compared to Grafana. | ||
| Support | Dedicated onboarding and technical support 24*7 in Middleware. |
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FAQs
Everything you want to know about Middleware v/s Grafana
Can I save time and resources by switching from Grafana to Middleware?
Yes, Middleware offers everything you need in a single place, so you don’t need to take a headache to manage everything on your own.
Can I customize my data ingestion to reduce costs?
Yes, Middleware provides ingestion control features that allow you to tailor your data ingestion to your specific needs. You can create customized pipelines and control the data you send, reducing waste and saving you money.
Can I subscribe only for one product (ex, log monitoring) and not for others (ex, APM)?
Yes. We have multiple products, and you can choose any or all of them. You will only be charged for the products to which you have subscribed.
Does Middleware offer flexible deployment options?
Yes, Middleware provides flexible deployment options, including both cloud and on-premise, to meet your needs.
Is Middleware free forever?
Yes, Middleware is free forever. You can use log monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, APM services, and all their features for free up to 100 GB/Month.
How can I manage high log volume in a cost-effective way?
With our Ingestion Control feature and data pipeline, you can control what and how much data you want to ingest. You can also turn off non-relevant metrics for ingestion, which will reduce ingestion costs. To learn more about it, please book a demo with our Product expert.