Self-Hosted Monitoring vs Managed Monitoring Services

Developers should learn and use self-hosted monitoring when they need to maintain data sovereignty, comply with strict regulatory requirements (e meets developers should use managed monitoring services when they need to offload the operational burden of setting up and maintaining monitoring infrastructure, especially in cloud-native or hybrid environments where scalability and real-time insights are critical. Here's our take.

Self-Hosted Monitoring

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use self-hosted monitoring when they need to maintain data sovereignty, comply with strict regulatory requirements (e

Pros

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• Related to: prometheus, grafana

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Managed Monitoring Services

Developers should use Managed Monitoring Services when they need to offload the operational burden of setting up and maintaining monitoring infrastructure, especially in cloud-native or hybrid environments where scalability and real-time insights are critical

Pros

• They are ideal for teams lacking dedicated DevOps or SRE resources, as they provide expert support, reduce time-to-resolution for incidents, and ensure compliance with SLAs through automated alerting and reporting
• Related to: observability, apm

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Self-Hosted Monitoring is a tool while Managed Monitoring Services is a platform. We picked Self-Hosted Monitoring based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Self-Hosted Monitoring wins

Based on overall popularity. Self-Hosted Monitoring is more widely used, but Managed Monitoring Services excels in its own space.