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:

• Ruxit: https://ruxit.com/docker-monitoring/

• Scout: https://scoutapp.com/plugin_urls/19761-docker-monitor

• Logentries: https://logentries.com/insights/server-monitoring/

• Sematext: http://sematext.com/spm/integrations/docker-monitoring.html

Monitoring servers and services are only as good as the metrics you collect, if possible and if your budget allows, you should take full advantage of the services offered by...