Elastic Observability vs Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring

Elastic Observability

8.7 #5 in Log Management Software

About Elastic Observability

Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring

7.0 #29 in Container Monitoring

About Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring
Elastic ObservabilityGrafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Paid fromFree
Platformsapi, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, WindowsLinux, self-hosted, Web
Free planNoYes
Distributed tracingYes
Transaction tracingYes
Dependency mappingYes
Real user monitoringYes
Log correlationYes
Deployment modelhybrid
Paid from99 /mo
Deploymenthybrid
Language supportPHP, Python, Java/JVM, Go, Rust, C/C++, Node.js/V8, Ruby, Perl, Zig
Profiling typesCPU profiling through stack sampling
Log retention30 days
Log pipelinesYes
Archive exportYes
Live log tailingYes
Deployment optionsboth
Structured log parsingYes
Data retention30 days
Core Web VitalsYes
Mobile app monitoringNo
Interaction trackingYes
Geographic breakdownYes
Error correlationYes
Pricing metriccustom
Fastest schedule1-minute
Browser checksYes
API checksYes
Transaction checksYes
Journey checksYes
Supported platformsKubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargate
Container metricsYes
Resource alertsYes
Image monitoringYes
Runtime eventsYes
Container log collectionYes

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