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Prometheus

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Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit for cloud-native

Monitor Kubernetes clusters and microservices at scale

VG SCORE
9.5
SELF-HOSTED

Product Details

CompanyPrometheus
HeadquartersRemote
Founded2012
PricingFree
Free TrialAvailable
DeploymentSelf-Hosted
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations7 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Pull-based model simplifies monitoring in dynamic cloud environments
  • Powerful query language PromQL enables flexible metric analysis
  • Native Kubernetes integration with service discovery built-in

WEAKNESSES

  • Local storage is not designed for long-term metric retention
  • High cardinality labels can cause performance and memory issues

KEY FEATURES

PromQL

Powerful query language for selecting and aggregating metrics

Service Discovery

Automatically discover targets in Kubernetes, EC2, and more

Alertmanager

Handle alerts with grouping, silencing, and routing

Exporters

Collect metrics from hundreds of systems and services

WHO IS Prometheus BEST FOR?

Cloud-native platform teams

Monitor Kubernetes clusters and microservices at scale

SRE teams implementing observability

Build metrics pipelines for SLO tracking and alerting

INTEGRATIONS

GrafanaKubernetesAlertmanagerThanosCortexNode ExporterPushgateway

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
FREE TRIAL

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DOSSIER

COMPANY
Prometheus
HQ
Remote
FOUNDED
2012
LAST VERIFIED MAR 27, 2026

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Cloud-native platform teamsSRE teams implementing observability

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