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Prometheus

Collects and stores metrics, with alerts and the PromQL language.

ServiceOpen source

Monitoring system that scrapes metrics by pull, stores them as time series and allows queries and alerts with PromQL.

When to use

To monitor services and infrastructure, especially on Kubernetes.

When to avoid

To store logs or traces, or metrics for a long time without an additional storage layer.

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