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Grafana Cloud Application Observability vs pgwatch
Both stand on database performance monitoring software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
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Grafana Cloud Application Observability brings several telemetry types and service-level views together for application investigation. Review the included host hours and billing basis, especially for serverless environments, before choosing a plan.
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pgwatch offers database metrics collection, Grafana visualization, and configurable alerts in a self-hosted package. Check whether cloud-provider restrictions affect the operating-system metrics you need.
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| Grafana Cloud Application Observability | pgwatch | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | Not published |
| Runs on | Android, API, Extension, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Pro: $0.03 per host a month | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | grafana.com | cybertec-postgresql.com |
| On database performance monitoring software | #3 of 25 | #7 of 25 |
Grafana Cloud Application Observability: what it does well
- Automatically discovers services and relationships.
- Service catalog displays latency, errors, and request rate.
- Unifies metrics, logs, traces, and profiles.
- Free plan includes up to 2,232 host hours monthly.
What to know first
- Free plan includes community support.
- Paid usage charges for host hours and telemetry.
- Serverless billing is based on ingested telemetry.
pgwatch: what it does well
- Free, open-source, self-hosted software
- Works without special database-user rights or server extensions
- SQL-defined custom metrics
- Supports PostgreSQL 14 and newer
- Can be deployed fully on premises
What to know first
- Some operating-system metrics may be unavailable on cloud-managed services
- Supports PostgreSQL databases only
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