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Application performance monitoring · November 2026 Edition

Grafana Cloud vs ManageEngine Applications Manager

Zero of fourteen models named Grafana Cloud first on the direct prompt; one named ManageEngine Applications Manager. Grafana Cloud was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ManageEngine Applications Manager by eight and Grafana Cloud carries 36 labels and ManageEngine Applications Manager 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Grafana Cloud

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3615A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Grafana Cloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.New Relic was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. New Relic vs Grafana Cloud · New Relic vs ManageEngine Applications Manager · Datadog APM vs Grafana Cloud

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the application performance monitoring page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Grafana CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManageEngine Applications Manager
Direct01
Paraphrase011 against Grafana Cloud
Comparative00
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Grafana Cloud
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Grafana Cloud and ManageEngine Applications Manager stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Grafana Cloud ManageEngine Applications Manager first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana Cloud on the left and ManageEngine Applications Manager on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Grafana Cloud and ManageEngine Applications Manager stood in it.

ManageEngine Applications Manager first, Grafana Cloud not the choice

1 of 14 modelsGrafana Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXManageEngine Applications Manager alternatives: AppSignal, Datadog APM, New Relic, SolarWinds Observability

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashNew Relic alternatives: Datadog APM, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, Sentry, SigNoz
Perplexity SonarDatadog APM alternatives: ManageEngine Applications Manager, New Relic, Sentry
DeepSeek V4 FlashNew Relic alternatives: AppSignal, Datadog APM, Dynatrace, ManageEngine Applications Manager
Qwen 3.7 FlashNew Relic alternatives: Datadog APM, Grafana Cloud
Kimi K2New Relic alternatives: Atatus, ManageEngine Applications Manager, Site24x7
GPT-6 LunaNew Relic alternatives: Datadog APM, Grafana Cloud

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniNew Relic alternatives: Datadog APM, Dynatrace
Grok 4.20Datadog APM alternatives: New Relic
Mistral SmallNew Relic alternatives: Datadog APM, SigNoz
Llama 4 MaverickDatadog APM, Dynatrace, New Relic
MiniMax M2.5Datadog APM alternatives: AppDynamics, AppSignal
Muse Glimmer 30BDatadog APM, New Relic alternatives: IBM Instana, OpManager Nexus

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Grafana Cloud leads by two points.
Grafana Cloud2%#7 of 14
ManageEngine Applications Manager0%#– of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Grafana Cloud4%#3 of 14
ManageEngine Applications Manager4%#4 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ManageEngine Applications Manager leads at enterprise.
ManageEngine Applications Manager2%#– of 10
Grafana Cloud0%#9 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Grafana Cloud

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“self-hosted solutions like Grafana (requiring significant maintenance effort)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Start with Grafana Cloud's free tier or New Relic's free tier to get started at $0 cost.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about ManageEngine Applications Manager

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“ManageEngine Applications Manager (best overall for cost + hybrid)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Recommended: ManageEngine Applications Manager” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“ManageEngine/Site24x7 if budget is a primary constraint and you need straightforward, no-surprise pricing.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.