Escaping the Cost/Visibility Tradeoff in Observability Platforms

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The shift from traditional APM tools to modern observability platforms like Honeycomb is a strategic move towards scalable, cost-effective observability. This white paper addresses the cost-visibility tradeoff in scaling observability infrastructure.

Key points:

  • Monitoring costs rise with service proliferation, leading to a cost-visibility tradeoff
  • Honeycomb's pricing model focuses on events, not services, hosts, or users
  • Adopting modern observability involves using OpenTelemetry, reducing pre-stored metrics, and leveraging financial gains to enhance user experience

A compliance tech provider cut observability costs from 5% to under 1% of revenue by using Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry.

Vendor:
Honeycomb
Posted:
Dec 18, 2024
Published:
Dec 18, 2024
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HTML
Type:
Blog

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