Google Cloud Monitoring vs Prometheus
| Google Cloud Monitoring | Prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | $0.06/mo | Free |
| Platforms | api, Linux, Web, Windows | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| VM monitoring | Yes | |
| Service monitoring | Yes | |
| Metrics retention | custom | |
| Deployment model | cloud | |
| OS coverage | linux and windows | |
| Agentless monitoring | Yes | |
| Deployment | self_hosted | |
| SQL support | No | |
| Retention policies | Yes | |
| Horizontal scaling | No | |
| Query languages | PromQL | |
| Ingestion methods | HTTP pull scraping; Pushgateway; Remote Write; OpenMetrics backfilling |
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