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Guance Container Monitoring vs Sensu Go
Both stand on container monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5
Guance brings workload changes and multiple telemetry types into a shared monitoring view. The Free Plan has defined host, ingestion, and retention limits, and its workspace data cannot be migrated to a Commercial Plan.
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Free plan APILinuxMac+3
Sensu Go combines event processing, infrastructure discovery, alerting, and remediation in a self-hosted monitoring product. The free tier covers up to 100 nodes; paid plans start at $3 per node per month with annual billing.
Visit Sensu GoThe facts
| Guance Container Monitoring | Sensu Go | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Sensu Go Pro: $36 a year |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | guance.com | sensu.io |
| On container monitoring | #15 of 51 | #28 of 51 |
Guance Container Monitoring: what it does well
- Drill-down spans clusters, nodes, workloads, pods, and containers
- Correlates metrics, logs, traces, and network data
- Alerts link to related telemetry and events
- Free Plan includes up to 10 hosts
What to know first
- Free-plan data cannot move to a Commercial Plan workspace
- Free Plan limits collection to 10 hosts
- Fargate coverage depends on environment and collector configuration
Sensu Go: what it does well
- Free plan covers up to 100 nodes.
- Agents discover VMs, cloud instances, and containers.
- Alerts support email, Slack, and SMS.
- Includes remediation actions such as service restarts.
- Offers LDAP, Active Directory, and OIDC SSO.
What to know first
- Free plan is limited to 100 nodes.
- Pro requires a 100-node minimum.
- Backend is unsupported on Windows and macOS.
- Paid pricing is billed annually per node.
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