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Actional vs Azure Monitor comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Actional
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
73rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (3rd)
Azure Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
21st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Actional is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Monitor is 1.7%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Monitor1.7%
Actional0.6%
Other97.7%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

it_user690762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud Effortless scaling Never throws away data Takes action now Delivers analytics at the speed of business Automates and speeds up system discovery I would like to see better marketing. We have used this for four years. There are no deployment issues at this…
Andy Rabern - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Telemetry insights have improved how I track user behavior and application performance daily
I feel Azure Monitor does a fair job. I do feel it is not a streaming service in my opinion. There are advantages to having stream messaging and logging on that level. But for what it is, I feel it does well. My perspective is more based on an Application Insights agent running on a service or an app service and sending the telemetry via the agent, and also doing the filtering of telemetry at the agent level so you are not having a ton of telemetry. I believe Azure Monitor does pretty much the same thing. I have also used tools such as New Relic, and New Relic is a much more robust tool, but that is a different product and you are going to pay for that. It is a different offering altogether. The subscription that we had at the time allowed for a couple gigabytes of telemetry during the month, and I believe that telemetry only lives for about two months. You have to experiment with it to see how much you want to pay. I was not really involved in the pricing. It was more along the lines of we were running up against our limits in terms of the amount of free telemetry or telemetry that we get with our subscription, and so we either needed to scale back or turn specific telemetry types off or do some more sampling. It is nice that those capabilities are there so that you can reduce the amount of telemetry. I cannot really speak to pricing but I do believe that it is somewhat reasonable for Azure Monitor. New Relic is pretty expensive, I believe.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"From a testing standpoint, ignoring license and cost issues, it's not a bad product."
"This tool has great scaling capabilities, i.e., no limitations."
"We are an operation center so we use this solution mainly to monitor all of our clients' environments and to help them with technical issues."
"The most valuable feature is the universality of their functionalities in all Azure services, including, software solutions."
"The solution very easily integrates with Azure services and in one click you can monitor your resource."
"One of the advantages of Azure Monitor is that it is easier for us to use because we're mainly a Microsoft shop."
"Log analytics and log queries are the most valuable features of Azure Monitor."
"We get good results from Microsoft Azure, so that's why we stick with Microsoft Azure."
"The detailed logging is great."
"The solution is quite stable."
 

Cons

"My concern is with Automation integration."
"In my opinion, Azure Monitor is not the best solution available on the market."
"When something goes down, we want the option to have automation in place to get it back up again as quickly as possible."
"In terms of pricing, Azure Monitor's billing based on data size can sometimes lead to increased costs, especially when developers need to purge data frequently. While there are mechanisms in place to track and manage this, there is room for improvement in terms of optimizing data pausing and related processes. Enhancements in this area could help mitigate potential billing concerns and provide a more seamless experience for users."
"No improvements are needed from my perspective."
"The cost skyrockets once you start using it, and there are complaints that the actual cost of the Kubernetes cluster was less than the cost they were incurring for Azure Monitor."
"The product is not as good as a lot of market-leading products; I wouldn't recommend the solution at all and would direct other companies to go to either ExtraHop, New Relic, or Dynatrace instead."
"They need to work with other cloud providers - not just Azure."
"The scalability could be improved as there are some limitations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is a pay-as-you-go consumption service and is the least expensive in the market."
"The tool is expensive."
"The cost of Azure Monitor application performance should be less expensive."
"The solution’s pricing depends on how much logs it collects."
"Azure Monitor is a low-priced solution, which is why it would work best on small-scale projects."
"The solution is very costly because you have to pay for various things such as adding to logs and internet alerts."
"Regarding pricing, Azure Monitor is free with Azure license, so there are no additional costs for using it."
"Azure Monitor is a competitively priced solution."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise29
 

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What needs improvement with Azure Monitor?
I feel Azure Monitor does a fair job. I do feel it is not a streaming service in my opinion. There are advantages to having stream messaging and logging on that level. But for what it is, I feel it...
What is your primary use case for Azure Monitor?
I am a developer who uses Azure Monitor for telemetry of the applications that I work on. Application Insights is one of those tools, and I have also used other non-Azure products before. Currently...
 

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Sample Customers

Proximus, Air France-KLM, Barratt Developments, Freedom Mortgage
Rackspace, First Gas, Allscripts, ABB Group
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