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Performance MonitoringWhat is SigNoz?
SigNoz is an open-source application performance monitoring tool(APM) tool. It helps developers monitor their application and troubleshoot problems. It can be self-hosted, so it's a great tool for privacy focused companies.
SigNoz is a tool in the Performance Monitoring category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Application overview metrics like requests per second, latency and error ratesSlowest endpoints in your applicationSee exact request trace to figure out issues in downstream services, slow DB queries, call to 3rd party services like payment gateways, etc.Filter traces by service name, operation, latency, error, tags/annotationsAggregate metrics on filtered traces. Eg, you can get error rate and 99th percentile latency of customer_type: gold or deployment_version: v2 or external_call: PaypalCustomized dashboard for infrastructure monitoringAlert setting on metricsUnified UI for metrics and traces. No need to switch from Prometheus to Jaeger to debug issues
SigNoz Pros & Cons
Pros of SigNoz
- ✓Based on OpenTelemetry
- ✓Open Source
Cons of SigNoz
No cons listed yet.
SigNoz Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to SigNoz?
New Relic
The world’s best software and DevOps teams rely on New Relic to move faster, make better decisions and create best-in-class digital experiences. If you run software, you need to run New Relic. More than 50% of the Fortune 100 do too.
Datadog
Datadog is the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. It is used by IT, operations, and development teams who build and operate applications that run on dynamic or hybrid cloud infrastructure. Start monitoring in minutes with Datadog!
OpenCensus
It is a set of libraries for various languages that allow you to collect application metrics and distributed traces, then transfer the data to a backend of your choice in real time. This data can be analyzed by developers and admins to understand the health of the application and debug problems.
