Single source of monitoring with complex options and excellent support
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We needed a central dashboard to monitor all critical systems. We have a lot of systems spread across the globe and each has its own way of reporting metrics, which aren't bad. But we needed a way to centralize this without the overhead of keeping all of these systems in sync.
Metricly was the service that had the best fit. Further, they have a unique way of determining normal operating levels and detection of anomalies. Their solution required little to moderate set up and has run very well since the get-go. Our DevOps team has a central dashboard where we monitor the entire infrastructure. In addition to basic systems monitoring, we also were able to save a great deal on our infrastructure costs. Metricly offers tooling to help determine where your nodes should be dialed in at. This allowed us to streamline our infrastructure and remove wasted resources.
Pros
- Infrastructure monitoring.
- Detect opportunities for cost savings.
- Easy dashboard creation.
Cons
- It can be tricky to set-up depending on what you want to do.
- They have their own proprietary way of visualizing metrics, which is clever but does have a slight learning curve.
Likelihood to Recommend
Very suited for medium to the large-sized infrastructure where you have a lot of services to monitor. It may be overkill for small infrastructures where you can use the providers' source of metrics instead.