Summary

Which SaaS service you choose depends on your circumstances, there are a number of questions you should ask yourself before you start evaluating the SaaS offerings:

  • How many containers would you like to monitor?
  • How many host machines do you have?
  • Is there a non-containerized infrastructure you need to monitor?
  • What metrics do you need from the monitoring service?
  • How long should the data be retained for?
  • Could other departments, such as development and utilize the service?

We covered just three of the available SaaS options in this chapter, there are other options available, such as:

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