Dell CloudIQ vs Grafana Enterprise Stack comparison

Dell Technologies and Grafana Labs are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Dell Technologies is ranked #32 with an average rating of 8.3, while Grafana Labs is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.5. Dell Technologies holds a 0.9% mindshare in IM, compared to Grafana Labs’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Grafana Labs users who would recommend it.

Dell CloudIQ

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90% willing to recommend

Grafana Enterprise Stack

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Dell CloudIQ and Grafana Enterprise Stack compete in infrastructure management and provide distinct features for different user needs. Grafana Enterprise Stack offers advanced analytics, giving it an advantage for users focused on data visualization.

Features: Dell CloudIQ focuses on proactive monitoring, integration with Dell infrastructure, and automation with predictive analytics. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides customizable dashboards, extensive visualization options, and diverse data source integration.

Room for Improvement: Dell CloudIQ could enhance its non-Dell infrastructure support, offer more visualization tools, and improve third-party integrations. Grafana Enterprise Stack might improve ease of use, reduce resource consumption, and enhance its out-of-the-box reports.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell CloudIQ offers straightforward cloud-based deployment with robust customer support ideal for Dell environments. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides flexible deployment options, extensive support, and resources for both cloud and on-premises setups.

Pricing and ROI: Dell CloudIQ is generally more cost-effective initially, providing ROI through efficient resource management for Dell users. Grafana Enterprise Stack requires a higher initial investment but offers substantial long-term ROI with powerful analytics and flexibility.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudIQ

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

32nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Grafana Enterprise Stack

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Grafana Enterprise Stack is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Grafana Enterprise Stack	1.2%
Dell CloudIQ	0.9%
Other	97.9%

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ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Has proactive monitoring with predictive insights and a user-friendly interface

Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually. It provides a status with traffic light colors, where red indicates danger, yellow means attention is needed, and green represents normal conditions to easily understand the health of the environment. The quick overview aids in decision-making. Additionally, CloudIQ's predictive capabilities, which are enhanced by artificial intelligence, have improved operational efficiency by providing proactive information to prevent issues before they arise.

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Gregory Diana

Managing Director at Exponential Energy (Pty) Ltd

Offers very good charting capabilities and capable of automatically generating dashboards, even for a large number of data points

In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party. It's like Node-RED. Node-RED is free, and you can choose an application, but that application depends on the person who's supporting it. If they decide not to support it, then you're stuck. However, I believe that it can't be improved or changed because people have to make money and make a living from it. Nothing will ever be changed. It depends on the software. Same as Windward. Windward just decided it could not support a large number of customers, so it focused on high-income, low-volume clients. Whereas Node-RED has millions of followers and fantastic support, the same as Grafana. Grafana is partly free, but it's your problem. That's how all these companies work. If you're big and you pay a lot of money, they'll pay attention to you.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best thing about this solution is that you can check for the infrastructure and system updates that you might need to be compliant with the Cloud."

"It's convenient because you can access it from a mobile device without needing a laptop."

"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."

"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."

"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."

"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."

"The dashboard is clear and user-friendly."

"Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually."

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"The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance, from 10 AM to 2 PM, we may experience high memory utilization. It helps us to solve these issues."

"Grafana's full observability stack, known as LGTM, is highly valuable."

"Our productivity has improved with its use."

"The most valuable feature of Grafana Enterprise Stack is the dashboards."

"Grafana has enough features around dashboard management. It's got enough plugins to create your dashboards."

"The dashboards are pretty good."

"Grafana's most valuable feature is its ability to provide a graphical representation of data collected from various sources."

"Compared to other packages, Grafana Enterprise Stack is user-friendly and easy to configure quickly."

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Cons

"There is a need for improvement in predictive maintenance, which I assume is somewhat AI-driven."

"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."

"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."

"The process of upgrading could be streamlined."

"Getting through support has become a difficult thing. Dell's support has degraded since they took over EMC. It's a bit difficult to use."

"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."

"The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."

"It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards."

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"I find Grafana really hard to configure. It's difficult to build the dashboard, and it's non-intuitive. In my opinion, it's very difficult to work with Grafana."

"In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party."

"Integrating AI capabilities for automated self-healing and reduced manual interventions would be valuable."

"They could use more small tutorials to explain a bit about how Grafana works."

"The solution should include integration with Power BI."

"The tool needs to show only fewer updates."

"The connection between metrics, logs, and traces could be improved. Currently, one needs to ingest labels and timestamps for them to be connected, however, drilling down sometimes takes time."

"If Grafana Enterprise Stack could display transaction queries in dashboard format similar to New Relic, it would provide more options and capabilities for users."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe it is a free product because we don't pay for it."

"The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."

"I use the tool's free license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Healthcare Company

Energy/Utilities Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?

It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards.

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What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?

I use it for monitoring environment security today. I look at security, capacity, and availability in our environment.

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What advice do you have for others considering Dell CloudIQ?

I would rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

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What do you like most about Grafana Enterprise Stack?

The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance,...

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What needs improvement with Grafana Enterprise Stack?

The layout is good, but I think it needs some enhancement based on my experience. I might not have gotten deeper to understand more details, but I believe it needs more improvement. Scalability and...

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What is your primary use case for Grafana Enterprise Stack?

I have been working for several months with Icinga, but after that, I moved forward to Zabbix, and now I might switch to Grafana Enterprise Stack. I am trying many alternatives to provide monitorin...

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Overview

CloudIQ is a no cost Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that provides a simple monitoring interface for an unlimited number of Unity systems. CloudIQ accesses data in near real time to enable monitoring and troubleshooting for Unity systems.

Dell Technologies

Grafana Enterprise Stack is a powerful tool for real-time data monitoring and visualization. With its flexible and scalable features, it is widely used for creating dashboards, analyzing metrics, and gaining insights into infrastructure, databases, and applications.

Its valuable features include powerful visualization capabilities, extensive data source integrations, customizable dashboards, a user-friendly interface, and a robust alerting system. Users appreciate its flexibility, scalability, and ability to integrate with different data sources, making it suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases.

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Sample Customers

North Carolina State University

1. Uber 2. PayPal 3. eBay 4. Sony 5. Red Hat 6. IBM 7. Cisco 8. Adobe 9. Expedia 10. Booking.com 11. Airbnb 12. LinkedIn 13. Twitter 14. Netflix 15. Spotify 16. Pinterest 17. Slack 18. GitLab 19. Docker 20. Atlassian 21. Salesforce 22. Microsoft 23. Google 24. Amazon 25. Facebook 26. Apple 27. Intel 28. Oracle 29. SAP 30. VMware 31. HP 32. Dell

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