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Cloud-based incident management and resolution tool

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Lightstep - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Lightstep overview

What is Lightstep?

Lightstep is a performance monitoring and incident management platform that helps businesses detect and resolve application performance issues, improve product's reliability, and accelerate time to resolution.

Lightstep's unique approach to monitoring allows organizations to quickly get visibility into any part of their system, from web applications to the underlying infrastructure. Lightstep's real-time dashboards provide an intuitive view of the health of all applications and allow users to quickly pinpoint areas of interest for further investigation.

Lightstep also provides on-call scheduling for available agents, allowing businesses to automatically assign support staff according to their availability, ensuring that every incident receives prompt attention.

Starting price

275usage based /
per month

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10
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Lightstep's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Lightstep users:

Root cause analysis
Performance metrics
Application management
Event logs
Monitoring
Alerts/Notifications

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Alerts/Escalation
Assignment management
Collaboration tools
Continuous deployment
Continuous integration
Dashboard
Diagnostic tools
Incident management
Incident reporting
On call scheduling
Prioritization
Resource management
Task management

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Starting from

275

Per month

Usage Based

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Lightstep support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Chat
Knowledge Base
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support

Training options

Documentation

Lightstep FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Lightstep?

Lightstep has the following typical customers:
Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Lightstep support?

Lightstep supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Lightstep offer an API?

Yes, Lightstep has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does Lightstep offer?

Lightstep offers the following support options:
Chat, Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support

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