Monitoring & Observability · Synthetic / uptime monitoring

CloudWatch Synthetics vs Application Insights availability tests vs Cloud Monitoring uptime checks

Synthetic / uptime monitoring, side by side on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.

Monitoring & Observability

Synthetic / uptime monitoring

Exact match

AWS

CloudWatch Synthetics

Azure

Application Insights availability tests

Google Cloud

Cloud Monitoring uptime checks

What's different

Scheduled probes of endpoints and user journeys.

Quick answers

What is the Azure equivalent of CloudWatch Synthetics?
The Azure equivalent of CloudWatch Synthetics is Application Insights availability tests. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of CloudWatch Synthetics?
The Google Cloud equivalent of CloudWatch Synthetics is Cloud Monitoring uptime checks. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Application Insights availability tests?
The AWS equivalent of Application Insights availability tests is CloudWatch Synthetics. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Application Insights availability tests?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Application Insights availability tests is Cloud Monitoring uptime checks. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the AWS equivalent of Cloud Monitoring uptime checks?
The AWS equivalent of Cloud Monitoring uptime checks is CloudWatch Synthetics. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.
What is the Azure equivalent of Cloud Monitoring uptime checks?
The Azure equivalent of Cloud Monitoring uptime checks is Application Insights availability tests. They're a near 1:1 match, so a migration is mostly configuration.