Akamai Cloud Longview vs Google Cloud Monitoring

Akamai Cloud Longview graphs system data and tracks CPU, memory, and network bandwidth at both aggregate and per-process levels. Its real-time graphs can help surface performance problems, and Cloud Manager displays Overview, Processes, Network, and Disks metrics. Optional tabs cover Apache, NGINX, and MySQL when the software and Longview Agent are configured. Getting started requires creating a client and installing its open-source agent on a Linux server; the agent can also be installed on Linux systems hosted outside Akamai Cloud. CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu are officially supported, and Akamai says most Linux systems are compatible. Longview is available on Linodes in core compute regions, not distributed compute regions. The Free plan costs nothing for up to 10 clients, with five-minute data resolution and 12 hours of history. Free and Pro clients cannot be used simultaneously. Longview does not collect swap disk data, and graphs show only data captured after agent installation.

Google Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, availability, and health of applications and infrastructure. It automatically collects metrics for Google Cloud services and also supports hybrid and multicloud environments. The service brings together metrics, uptime checks, dashboards, and alerts; users can build custom dashboards and multi-condition alert policies. Service-level objectives can be inferred automatically or defined by users, with alerts for violations. Script-based synthetic monitors test web applications and APIs. For Kubernetes, Managed Service for Prometheus handles managed or self-deployed metric collection. On supported Linux and Windows virtual machines, the Ops Agent collects logs and metrics and includes third-party application integrations. Alerts can be sent through email, Slack, PagerDuty, Pub/Sub, SMS, webhooks, or the Cloud Mobile App. Cloud Monitoring API v3 offers programmatic access to metrics scopes, dashboards, and alerting policies. It runs in the cloud and lists API, Linux, web, and Windows platforms. Pricing is usage-based, with free monthly allotments on several meters; charges can depend on ingested data, time series returned, and check executions.