Grafana Reviews

We're getting the data from the CA team to Grafana, just feeding the data here from there. I used to create the standard dashboards and the custom dashboards based on the user's request.

We use the product in a logistics project where I used it for creating the dashboard for the packages and delivery kind of logistics projects.

There are multiple data fields we can create and graph models and gauge models. There are multiple kinds of models there to create dashboards, which is quite useful. 

The solution is stable.

Support is helpful.

I don't have any notes for improvement. 

There are some areas of network drives that are not showing as expected based on server usage. On the server, it was showing in GB model. However, in Grafana, It is in bytes. Therefore, the calculation it was not showing correctly. That is something that needs to be changed by the vendor team. 

The initial setup is not necessarily straightforward.

I've been using the solution for two and a half years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. There aren't bugs. It's not glutchy. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The product works for monitoring as well, including log monitoring, monitoring, and alerting. However, we are using just the dashboard. Therefore, I cannot give my view on whether it is scalable or not.

We have about seven admins and 20 users on the solution. 

As Grafana is involved with the DX APM, we used to reach out to the vendor about any issues on the Grafana related to the DX APM. They had good expertise on Grafana and helped us a lot.

I've used other solutions. Grafana graph in representation is more clear for users. They like the view better. Any application has performance issues. We can set up the thresholds on the dashboard to 90% critical and 80% as warnings. We can update those values in the dashboards if we want. It is very colorful with multiple colors to differentiate things. It's just easier to use than anything else.

The initial setup isn't straightforward. Users need to learn the product first. At that point, it becomes easier. 

There isn't really a deployment so much as a one-time integration from the APM for Grafana.

Whenever we create a new agent or an existing agent is used to create the dashboard in Grafana, it normally takes one or two hours to create one dashboard. One dashboard means it has multiple panels like CPU, memory, and application back and front end.

There are a lot of panels. If the user request has very minimal panels, then it takes just 30 minutes to an hour. If they need multiple panels and multiple windows for the graph on a dashboard, then it takes two to three hours to complete it.

Once it is set up, the solution is easy to maintain. 

I handled the deployment myself. 

I was involved in the Broadcom DX APM. I did some POCs and created the dashboard. 

There is a feature called DX Dashboards there. It was used in the Lucene queries, and the dashboards are very innovative, and users like it a lot based on the dashboards.

We're using the solution that's the latest version. 

If a potential customer is already into any other dashboard view, I would advise them to create one free license and create dashboards and observe how it looks compared to their existing dashboard. That way, they'd be able to compare and see which would be better for them.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We use this solution for monitoring activity for e-commerce businesses. With Grafana, we can identify in detail where issues come from and solve the problem. We are customers of Grafana. 

The solution provides more of a graphical representation so we can see any incoming requests, each and every functionality, and quickly know where the issue is. It's very helpful in terms of monitoring with respect to the market from a request to a response.

Grafana has made some changes recently. Previously, we had different dashboards but they have now merged the three designs into one dashboard and now we have to monitor a single dashboard for multiple reasons. It may not seem challenging, but we have critical issues that arise, and we don't know where they're coming from. We have to check all three aspects which takes us longer than it used to and can also affect productivity.

I've been using this solution for one year. 

Grafana is a stable product.

The solution is scalable, we have over 40 users. 

We have good technical support. 

Positive

I recommend this solution but for someone who doesn't have experience with Grafana, it may take a while to understand because it presents everything with a graphical representation and you need to figure out why there are multiple dashboards.  

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

We have a few use cases. We have charts for infrastructure, CPU usage, etc. We have included a lot of metrics for WAFs. We also have some customer metrics and business metrics, such as any number of transactions for a specific action happening on the site. 

It gives us the visibility we need. I like that when we add deployment markers or release markers, we know exactly when an issue arises. For instance, if there is an increased usage of CPU, we can link it directly to the deployment that might have caused the issue. It increases productivity and observability. We can now easily tell when a certain issue arises. It's way easier to debug because it can point you to certain things based on these markers, and we can debug easier.

It's difficult to see the trends on the graph when the range is too long. 

At the company, they'd been using Grafana since I joined. It has been about three years.

It has been working fine for us.

With our workload, it's working fine. Going by that, I'd rate it a 10 out of 10, but I don't know about the other cases.

I've not contacted them.

I don't know if it's the same, but we were using CloudWatch in AWS.

Honeycomb is also similar to this. With all the metrics and performances, you can build dashboards, but I'm new to it.

Our team has two people who are in charge of that, but I'm not aware of its implementation.  

I don't have much experience with other tools, but for my specific case, it has been working great. I'd rate it a 10 out of 10.

We primarily use the solution for site visibility.

It helps us monitor our applications and their performance, including CPU.

The heat maps are great.

We like the dashboards on offer. 

It's a stable product.

The solution can scale well.

Pricing isn't overly expensive.

Technical support is good. 

I cannot think of any specific issues we've had.

We'd like an enhancement of legends and labels in the UI. The formatting could be better. 

I've been using the solution for two years. I haven't used it for too long just yet. 

I'd rate the stability eight out of ten. There aren't bugs or glitches that I have noticed. It doesn't crash or freeze. I find it to be reliable. 

I'd rate the scalability eight out of ten. It can extend well. 

We had 50 or more people using it in my previous organization. 

Technical support is fine. They have been helpful and responsive. 

Positive

I'm not sure if it is easy to set up the solution. I did not handle the deployment. 

I have not looked into the ROI.

The pricing is moderate. It is neither too expensive nor overly cheap. 

I am using the latest version of the solution. 

As a cloud solution, it is very good. Many organizations are going to the cloud, and Grafana is the best way to monitor those cloud environments.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It is a good solution. 

We primarily use the solution as a dashboard and visualization tool for our business units.

Grafana is able to connect with multiple data sources, unlike Elasticsearch.

There is room for improvement when using multiple dashboards because they can become complicated to keep track of and use.

I would like to have alerting functions added to the solution.

I have been using the solution for seven years.

The solution is stable.

We previously used Pearl and PHP but they were outdated.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The implementation was completed in-house.

We are using the open-source license.

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

The solution requires one day a week for maintenance.

We have 200 people using the solution in our organization.

We built a web service around Prometheus and Grafana and control them through the web API, which is very helpful with deployment.

We use this solution for visualizing and dashboards. We also use it for our network operation center. I'm a software development director and we are users of Grafana. 

The alerts feature is very good as is the dashboard visualization. We count our orders and if there's a decrease we send alerts. They are useful. 

The solution lacks event management which affects the DevOps people.

I've been using this solution for eight months. 

We haven't had any stability issues. 

The scalability is sufficient for our needs. 

I'm not involved in licensing but I believe Grafana is a relatively inexpensive solution. 

Our subcontractor has suggested that we move to InsightEye because Grafana only visualizes the dashboards whereas InsightEye is more proficient and has more functionalities. 

I recommend this solution if you're looking for some metrics. I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Our primary use case is for insight on CPU, what's happening in namespaces and nodes.

We like the features, it's a basic dashboard.

I'd like to see more in-depth graphs and more AI, alerting and log aggregation.

We've used this solution for two years. 

The solution is stable if you use it separate to Rancher. 

Scalability could be improved. 

Deployment is straightforward and takes a few minutes. It comes with Rancher so you can spin it up quickly. 

We're using the open-source version. 

I use Grafana's multiple dashboards for throughput for real-time analysis of monitoring, checking creds and authentication requests, and monitoring the time between direct services.

Grafana's best features are live monitoring and alerts.

In order to enable Grafana, you need another tool called Prometheus, which loads data to it. It would be helpful if Grafana provided more information and training on how to use Prometheus. In the next release, Grafana should include API monitoring.

I've been using Grafana for two years.

Grafana is stable.

Grafana is scalable and can be implemented in multiple environments.

The initial setup is fairly straightforward, and Grafana is easy to configure.

I would give Grafana a rating of seven out of ten.