Overview
What is Prometheus?
Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit
Best For
"Teams wanting powerful open-source metrics monitoring with PromQL"
Pros & Cons
The Good & The Bad
Pros
What we loved
- 1Powerful PromQL query language
- 2Excellent Kubernetes integration
- 3Active open-source community
- 4Pull-based model is firewall-friendly
Cons
Room for improvement
- 1Limited long-term storage by default
- 2No built-in dashboards (needs Grafana)
- 3High cardinality can be challenging
Feature Scores
Performance Breakdown
How Prometheus performs on category-specific evaluation criteria
Overall Score
8.9
/10
Pricing
Investment Required
Free / Open Source
Pricing varies based on data volume, retention period, and feature requirements. Contact the vendor for detailed pricing.
Verdict
Our Verdict on Prometheus
8.9/10
Prometheus earns a strong 8.9/10.
Teams wanting powerful open-source metrics monitoring with PromQL