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IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager vs Prometheus-AI Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Composite Applic...
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (68th)
Prometheus-AI Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Data Scrubbing Software (5th), ERP (24th), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager and Prometheus-AI Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
Prometheus-AI Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), holds 2.5% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager0.7%
Splunk AppDynamics5.0%
Dynatrace4.9%
Other89.4%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Prometheus-AI Platform2.5%
IBM Maximo Application Suite12.6%
Infor CloudSuite6.8%
Other78.1%
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
 

Featured Reviews

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Sales manager at Prodeo Innovation
Integrates well with IBM technologies, but it's outdated and lacks essential features
Implementing synthetic monitoring for our Internet banking site has been challenging. The installation process is difficult, requiring continuous support and specialist expertise due to our limited knowledge of managing it effectively. I have concerns about the complexity of the tool and the challenges in managing it effectively. The support provided is not satisfactory, and the specialists available lack sufficient training and expertise in using the tool.
MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
Free to use and provides valuable monitoring capabilities
Prometheus is a scalable and flexible tool that I can deploy on any cloud platform. It is free to use and provides valuable monitoring capabilities. It allows me to save money by avoiding costs associated with AWS native services like CloudWatch or Amazon Prometheus. The ability to deploy on any cloud platform or environment, including Kubernetes, is a major advantage.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is very stable, and we never had any issues with stability."
"IBM's main value lies in its integration with its own technologies, which can be seen as a benefit in environments where IBM products are extensively used."
"The feature I found most valuable is the number of integrations. It is the industry standard for metrics."
"It has lots of APIs and libraries to integrate with any kind of language, including Python, Perl, PHP, Java, and Kotlin."
"It is highly valuable as it serves as the foundation for our infrastructure monitoring tools."
"The good thing is it integrates well with the Grafana dashboard. It comes with a UI where you see everything as a graph."
"The product has an easy-to-understand interface."
"The dashboard is very valuable because it provides the ability to collect and compare logs from various resources."
"Prometheus gives us high availability automatically."
"The solution helps us to scale our products and services, and it helps me by gathering those metrics."
 

Cons

"The user interface was not good."
"The installation process is difficult, requiring continuous support and specialist expertise due to our limited knowledge of managing it effectively."
"The solution's error handling part could be improved."
"Prometheus can be initially difficult for users since it has its query language, PromQL. The minimalistic interface is complicated to understand. They need to improve their interface so that users who don't know PromQL can also use it. You can only leverage the tool when you know PromQL."
"A slight alteration to the user interface should be made to increase efficiency and streamline the process. Currently, we are utilizing Prometheus to gather and compile metrics and then utilizing Grafana to display them in the form of a graph. However, I believe that Prometheus has the capability to handle both of these tasks on its own, with perhaps the addition of a supplementary plugin. By doing so, the need for utilizing two separate applications will be eliminated."
"The setup process could be more straightforward and user-friendly."
"The product must improve its documentation."
"The alert functionality is kind of lackluster."
"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."
"There is a tool called Prometheus Exporter that doesn't work well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a nine to ten. It is very expensive."
"Prometheus is an open-source tool."
"Prometheus is available as an open-source product."
"It is an open-source tool."
"Prometheus is an open-source solution."
"We have the open-source version, so we don't pay for it."
"The price of Prometheus is good, it is affordable because it is open source and there is no cost to it. You put it on your own server and the costs incurred completely depend on how you set it up."
"The tool is open-sourced."
"We use the solution's open-source version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise13
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prometheus?
Prometheus is cost-effective for me as it is free. Using cloud-native alternatives like Amazon Prometheus would incur charges.
What is your primary use case for Prometheus?
I use Prometheus for monitoring purposes in IT infrastructure. It is particularly useful for environments using Kubernetes, as it monitors ports, containers, instances, and applications effectively.
What advice do you have for others considering Prometheus?
As a new user, I should be familiar with syntax and commands. Online resources like Google and ChatGPT can be helpful. I should consider using cloud-native tools for ease of management if not using...
 

Also Known As

Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Utopia Data Quality
 

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Sample Customers

Michelin Tire Corp
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Harman International Industries Inc., Hilmar Cheese Company, International Rectifier Corporation, Electrolux USA, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Rio Tinto Limited, Pertamina Pusat, Petrofac International Ltd, Cintas Corporation, Diyar United Company, Nortel Networks, Verizon
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