SecuMon vs Prometheus + Grafana: managed SaaS on the same stack
Get the reference open-source monitoring stack without operating it yourself.
SecuMon, the managed SaaS alternative to self-hosted Prometheus + Grafana. Same open-source stack (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Grafana), operated for you in Québec — keep portability, lose ops complexity.
Feature comparison
Quick view of the main differences between the two solutions, to help you choose.
| Feature | SecuMon | Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data residency in Québec / Canada | Hosted at OVH Beauharnois | ||
| CAD pricing | |||
| Native Québec Law 25 compliance | |||
| French (Québec) support | |||
| Public API | |||
| SSO Zitadel / OIDC | OIDC / SAML supported | ||
| SMB plan (<50 employees) | |||
| MSP / partner plan | |||
| Stack operated for you | Self-host = you operate Prometheus + Loki + Grafana + scaling | ||
| Same open-source stack (portability) | Your Grafana dashboards are portable | ||
| Native MSP multi-tenant | Self-host multi-tenant = manual Mimir/Loki tenant setup | ||
| Strictly Québec hosting | Self-host = depends where you run it | ||
| Managed long-term storage (S3-compatible) | Self-host = you manage Mimir/Thanos/Cortex | ||
| Sovereign AI anomaly detection | |||
| Native SecuAAS suite integration |
Legend: ✓ included, ✗ not available, − partial or optional. Based on public editor sites at time of writing.
Frequently asked questions
Prometheus + Grafana is free, why pay for SecuMon?
The license is free, but the real TCO of a production Prometheus + Loki + Grafana stack includes: SRE/DevOps engineer, HA cluster, long-term storage (Mimir/Thanos), backups, alerting, training. For an SMB or MSP under 250 hosts, SecuMon's SaaS flat rate typically costs less than a partial FTE.
Can I bring my existing Grafana dashboards?
Yes. SecuMon uses embedded Grafana — your JSON dashboards import as-is. Your PromQL and LogQL queries remain identical. Portability is total.
What if I want to go back to self-hosting later?
The open-source promise holds: you can export all your data (Prometheus snapshot, Loki blocks) and redeploy your stack elsewhere. No technical lock-in, unlike proprietary SaaS (Datadog, New Relic).
Does SecuMon offer the same Grafana integrations?
Yes, the Prometheus exporter catalog is compatible (node_exporter, blackbox, postgres_exporter, mysqld_exporter, etc.). Grafana data sources are the same (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, PostgreSQL).
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