Tool Reviews
Honest, in-depth reviews of infrastructure tools and platforms. Find the right tools for your enterprise needs.
Grafana
Open-source analytics and visualization platform for metrics, logs, and traces.
Pricing: Open Source free; Grafana Cloud from free tier; Enterprise pricing varies
Pros
- + Extensive data source support
- + Beautiful visualizations
Cons
- - Dashboard sprawl risk
- - Performance at scale
Kubernetes
Production-grade container orchestration for automating deployment, scaling, and management.
Pricing: Free, Open Source (Apache 2.0); Managed options vary by provider
Pros
- + Industry standard
- + Extensive ecosystem
Cons
- - Operational complexity
- - Learning curve
Prometheus
Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for reliability and scalability.
Pricing: Free, Open Source (Apache 2.0)
Pros
- + Powerful query language
- + Excellent Kubernetes integration
Cons
- - Requires separate long-term storage
- - High cardinality challenges
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
Pricing: Open Source free; Terraform Cloud from $20/user/month
Pros
- + Extensive provider ecosystem
- + Clear plan/apply workflow
Cons
- - Limited programming constructs
- - State management complexity
ArgoCD
Declarative GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes.
Pricing: Free, Open Source (Apache 2.0)
Pros
- + Pure GitOps model
- + Excellent UI
Cons
- - Kubernetes-only
- - Secret management