DevOps
Prometheus: Hosting, Uses and Alternatives.
Open-source monitoring system and time-series database for collecting metrics, querying with PromQL, and triggering alerts.
License
Open Source
Self-hosting
Available
Docker
Supported
Cloud
Not confirmed
What Prometheus Is Best For
- Infrastructure metrics
- Service monitoring
- Alerting and observability pipelines
Stack and Deployment Notes
Apache-2.0.
GoPromQLTime seriesDockerKubernetes
Production readiness: Enterprise Ready
Alternatives Prometheus May Replace
Datadog metrics, New Relic infrastructure, CloudWatch custom dashboards, Custom metrics stores
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