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Prometheus
Monitoring and alerting toolkit
57.0K stars
300 contributors
Since 2020
Monitoring and alerting toolkit
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
512 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✓
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: infrastructure-monitoring
- ✓ Primary: alerting
- ✓ Primary: kubernetes-metrics
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Not for log aggregation
- ✕ Storage not for long-term by default
- ✕ Pull model doesn't work for all cases
Integrates with
OpenTelemetry
Telemetry
Grafana
Visualization
Kubernetes
Orchestration
alertmanager
cadvisor
node-exporter
Complements
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 57.0K
Contributors 300
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing CNCF
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general