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Grafana vs Kibana

Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts meets developers should learn kibana when working with large-scale log, metric, or event data that requires real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and business intelligence. Here's our take.

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Grafana

Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts

Grafana

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Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts

Pros

  • +It is particularly useful in DevOps and SRE roles for visualizing metrics from tools like Prometheus, InfluxDB, or Elasticsearch, enabling proactive management of system health and resource utilization
  • +Related to: prometheus, influxdb

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Kibana

Developers should learn Kibana when working with large-scale log, metric, or event data that requires real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and business intelligence

Pros

  • +It is essential for use cases such as application performance monitoring (APM), security analytics (SIEM), and operational dashboards in DevOps or IT environments
  • +Related to: elasticsearch, logstash

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Grafana if: You want it is particularly useful in devops and sre roles for visualizing metrics from tools like prometheus, influxdb, or elasticsearch, enabling proactive management of system health and resource utilization and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Kibana if: You prioritize it is essential for use cases such as application performance monitoring (apm), security analytics (siem), and operational dashboards in devops or it environments over what Grafana offers.

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The Bottom Line
Grafana wins

Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts

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