Amazon CloudWatch Logs vs Nagios XI

Amazon CloudWatch Logs

8.0 #3 in Log Management Software

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Nagios XI

6.4 #39 in Log Management Software

About Nagios XI
Amazon CloudWatch LogsNagios XI
Free planYesYes
Free trialNoYes
Paid from$0.03/moFree
Platformsapi, Webapi, Linux, self-hosted, Web
Free planNoNo
Included ingestion5 GB/day
Log pipelinesYesYes
Archive exportYesYes
Live log tailingYesYes
Deployment optionscloudself-hosted
Structured log parsingYesYes
Supported platformsAmazon ECS; Amazon EKS; Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA); Kubernetes on Amazon EC2; AWS Fargate
Container metricsYes
Resource alertsYes
Runtime eventsYes
Container log collectionYes
Core Web VitalsYes
Mobile app monitoringYes
Interaction trackingYes
Geographic breakdownYes
Error correlationYes
Data retention30 days
Pricing metriccustom
Included hosts100 hosts
VM monitoringYes
Service monitoringYes
Metrics retentioncustom
Deployment modelself-hosted
OS coveragelinux and windows
Agentless monitoringYes
Flow protocolsNetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, IPFIX
Application visibilityYes
Conversation analysisYes
Bandwidth monitoringYes
Deploymenton_premises
Monitoring methodhybrid
Supported operating systemsLinux, Windows, macOS, AIX, Solaris
Server auto-discoveryYes
Process monitoringYes
Container monitoringYes

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