Sensu
The Observability Pipeline.
Overview
Sensu is an observability pipeline that allows you to collect, filter, and transform monitoring data from any source and send it to any destination. It is designed for multi-cloud monitoring at scale and provides a flexible and automated workflow for managing your monitoring and observability data.
✨ Key Features
- Observability pipeline for data collection, filtering, and routing
- Monitoring as code with declarative configuration files
- Multi-cloud support with automated registration and de-registration
- Compatibility with Nagios plugins and other monitoring tools
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Observability pipeline approach
- Strong focus on automation and monitoring as code
- Designed for dynamic, multi-cloud environments
Unique Value: Provides a flexible and scalable observability pipeline that enables developers and operators to treat monitoring as code, automating workflows and gaining deep visibility into any infrastructure.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Using a single tool to monitor bare metal servers, VMs, and Kubernetes clusters
- Integrating existing Nagios plugins into a modern monitoring workflow
- Building custom monitoring and auto-remediation pipelines
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Teams looking for a simple, all-in-one SaaS solution with a built-in UI for dashboards
- Organizations without DevOps or development resources to manage configuration as code
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a more flexible and pipeline-oriented approach than monolithic tools like Zabbix, and is more focused on checks and events than metrics-centric tools like Prometheus.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Sensu Go is free for up to 100 entities
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