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Groundcover is a cloud-native application monitoring solution that offers comprehensive observability for modern production environments.

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DevOps Lead

Setup was very quick and easy , their support team is great and responsive , and the product just keeps growing in the best directions.

The support via the Slack channel is outstanding, with the team being highly responsive and patient, consistently providing replies in under an hour.

Integration is seamless, allowing it to fit smoothly into our existing stack, and we rely on it frequently due to reliable anomaly detection and proactive alerts.

Senior Software Developer

It is super easy to install (installer is clever enough to ask about kubernetes node taints required to be able to provision all nodes), just few steps in small cli tool.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

UI can be sluggish at times, occasional errors when trying to load pages.

Amazing experience from the UI to the UX, very recommended.

SRE Lead

The depth of insights and the ease of uncovering critical data points have significantly improved the efficiency of our operations.

Groundcover has been a great addition to our DevOps toolkit. It’s easy to implement and integrates smoothly with Kubernetes, delivering efficient, real-time insights with minimal overhead.

Principal Engineer

We also liked the ability to have fully managed observability service as such a low cost.

Software Engineer

It’s a powerful solution for teams looking for efficient, straightforward observability without the complexity of traditional tools.

DevRel

Groundcover offers an impressive experience from the user interface to the user experience.

Getting all in one place. UI is very good and easy to use.

Software Development Team Leader

I liked the visibility I have as a developer to investigate real-life issues across all of our customers' deployments.

Missing filtering on http traces. Network traces should have view where one column shot "Host" header.

No custom reports options , Grafana is not the easiest to manage.

This limitation can be a significant drawback for complex systems where pinpointing issues at the node level is crucial.

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Very good, we have been with them since the beginning of 2023 and after experiencing the likes of DataDog, Dynatrace and Instana they have been a breath of fresh air with VERY predictable and reasonable pricing and a support team that is very eager to help out when you need them. Even going above and beyond and advising on how to use the data that is gathered by them inside your infrastructure and notifying you on how future changes might affect the usage of that raw data from the deployed databases. 

Very easy setup and fully customizable retention without affecting cost as it runs on your own infrastructure

Thank you for taking the time to review groundcover Julius, we're super happy to learn about the positive impact that groundcover has had on you. We will continue to develop more capabilities into the platform, including additional integrations that will expand our impact even further! Gilles Perez, Product Marketing Lead, groundcover

Advanced Observability Made Easy with Groundcover

Looking forward to the upgrades

Groundcover has been an excellent addition to our toolkit! We successfully replaced both New Relic and Kibana, streamlining our observability stack and enhancing visibility across the board. The real-time metrics and seamless setup made the transition effortless, and the intuitive dashboards provide a comprehensive view of our system’s health at a glance. Groundcover not only improved performance insights but also reduced our operational overhead. It’s a powerful solution for teams looking for efficient, straightforward observability without the complexity of traditional tools. Highly recommended!

Simplifying Observability with a Single Pane of Glass

Groundcover has been a great addition to our DevOps toolkit. It’s easy to implement and integrates smoothly with Kubernetes, delivering efficient, real-time insights with minimal overhead. The proactive alerts and reliable monitoring have improved our ability to resolve issues quickly, enhancing application stability. Plus, the responsive support team adds to the positive experience.

Lightweight and Effective Observability Tool for Kubernetes

We utilize Groundcover for our infrastructure's observability. The cost-benefit tradeoff has been remarkable. With minimal effort, we've gained a comprehensive understanding of our infrastructure's inner workings, significantly enhancing our knowledge of the cluster's activities. Additionally, we've configured security-related alerts using NGINX logs as the data source, further bolstering our monitoring capabilities.

Groundcover: zero effort observability

amazing!!
setup was very quick and easy , their support team is great and responsive , and the product just keeps growing in the best directions

My Go-To Observablity Platform!

Overall experience is good. Been using groundcover for last 40 days. Couple of issues like screen resolution and when the time range is large, it says unable to fetch data please reduce time range. I worked on OTEL integration and alert migration. Faced few issue while writing alert queries but GC team helped with it.

GC All-in-1

Overall, groundcover is a good product with potential. While it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of more developed options, its affordability makes it a solid choice. Looking forward to future updates that enhance its features.

Great Product with Awesome Value and Room to Grow

Groundcover review

groundcover offers an impressive experience from the user interface to the user experience. It stands out for its eBPF-powered technology, allowing comprehensive observability in modern production environments without compromising cost, granularity, or scale. The platform's ease of use and customer support are highly rated, adding to its overall appeal as a reliable monitoring solution

Comprehensive and Efficient Monitoring with groundcover

Amazing experience from the UI to the UX, very recommended 

Amazing Product

Thank you Dudy for taking the time to share your positive experience with groundcover. We are thrilled to learn of all the ways you were impressed with groundcover and look forward to continue delivering value to you and your organization.

Your comment regarding groundcover's strengths in Kubernetes environments is appreciated. While our core focus has been on delivering exceptional Kubernetes observability, we are already working towards expanding our offerings beyond Kubernetes, and the results of that work will be felt soon.

If you have any further suggestions or need assistance, please feel free to reach out.

Gilles Perez
Product Marketing Lead

Groundcover is one of the kind

Thank you for submitting your review of groundcover Arman! It's great to see that you were impressed by our inCloud architecture and the control and flexibility it enables. Our team is constantly looking for ways to enhance our platform and our users' feedback and feature requests are super valuable for that process, please always feel free to share your ideas with us! Gilles Perez, Product Marketing Lead, groundcover

Overall, my experience with Groundcover has been extremely positive. It has revolutionized the way I approach system monitoring and analytics. The depth of insights and the ease of uncovering critical data points have significantly improved the efficiency of our operations.

Groundcover - A Premier Observability Solution

Thank you very much for sharing your review Arie! Regarding your comment about the node-specific view, we coincidentally released nodes-level insights 10 days after the original submission of this review back in January :) We hope you keep getting the most out of groundcover!

It was very refreshing experience to setup such tool so quickly and get value out of it even quicker. Free plan is perfect for evaluation, even month-long, as the only limitation is a number of seats.

Best APM solution that just works

Thank you for submitting your detailed review of groundcover Marek! It's wonderful to know that you were impressed with the easy installation and granular visibility out-of-the-box! We're constantly working on adding new features and your feedback is super valuable to us, I can tell you we're already working on developing these additional capabilities. Gilles Perez, Product Marketing Lead, groundcover

Overall a solid product that is comparable to other big name monitoring solutions. Expert level support and always able and willing to help when needed.

Covering all the grounds

Overall i would really recommend to think about using it as observability solution at your company. It is really robust and operates smoothly 

Groundcover - simple and robust solution for monitoring purposes

Overall, groundcover has been a solid choice for keeping track of our data pipelines and logs in Kubeflow. As someone still in the learning phase, it’s been really helpful in making complex processes easier to monitor. The only thing is that the dashboard can get complicated at times due to so many logs being tracked. But, the search functionality gives clear indications. So, it's all set for me

Pretty impressive when using with kubeflow

Groundcover has been a valuable addition to our monitoring toolkit. The ease of setup, combined with insightful telemetry capabilities, has significantly improved our ability to track and troubleshoot in testing and production environments. It provides the flexibility and data visualization we need, making it easier to maintain a stable, high-performing system.

Great and robust tool to migrate to!

Very good - I doesn't have to care about things like grafana or prometheus

Tool for observability

We're truly thankful for your review Artur and are delighted to hear about your positive experience with groundcover, especially regarding its ease of setup, HTTP traffic monitoring capabilities, and our intuitive dashboard.

We will look into your suggestions to enhance HTTP trace filtering and add a 'Host' header column in network trace views.

It's great to know that groundcover has streamlined your observability needs, freeing you from the complexities of managing tools like Grafana or Prometheus.

If you have any more insights to share or require assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Gilles Perez
Product Marketing Lead

Amazing visibility across all of our cluster

Thank you for taking the time to share your review of groundcover Yair! We're delighted to hear about the positive impact on your development process, especially in proactive issue identification. Your suggestion for an aggregated multi-cluster view is definitely something we're exploring, thank you for sharing this input. Stay tuned for updates, and thank you again for your support and insights!

Thank you for your review! We're glad to know that you found the ease of use and metrics granularity the be valuable to you. In regards to the log details, we provide full context for logs with correlated metrics and traces, s well as searchable attributes. Many of our users use groundcover as a centralized management hub, as limitless logging is possible with no effect on pricing. It's possible there's more to the platform than you had the opportunity to explore and we would love to walk you through it. Please reach out to us via our Slack community. Gilles Perez, Product Marketing Lead.

fine tool, will be even greater while improving

All good but 1 flaw

Product has long onboarding time

Hi Yair, thank you for submitting your review of groundcover! I am sorry to learn that your experience was not optimal. The vast majority of our users report that quick onboarding and ease of use are part of the highlights of their experience with groundcover, and I would love for it to be the same for you. As I can't see your full details, please contact our support via our Slack community (https://www.groundcover.com/join-slack) or via email (hello at groundcover dot com) so our experts can help you through the process? I am certain we can turn your experience around in no time and would love to have the opportunity to do so. All the best, Gilles Perez, Product Marketing Lead.

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