Industry Insights

Monitoring and alerting aren't the same thing. Understanding the difference prevents alert fatigue and improves incident response. Here's what each actually does.

Datadog's pricing looks reasonable until you see the bill. Learn the hidden costs that make Datadog expensive for startups and what alternatives exist.

Modern infrastructure is hierarchical: services run on servers, servers in clusters, clusters in regions. Flat monitoring tools can't represent this. Here's why structure matters.

Agentless monitoring seems simpler, but it creates blind spots as infrastructure grows. Learn why agent-based monitoring becomes essential at scale.

Adding monitoring regions should improve reliability. But without proper configuration, more locations can mean more false alerts. Here's how to get it right.

External uptime checks tell you IF something is down, not WHY. Learn why modern infrastructure needs combined external and internal monitoring for real visibility.

Traditional uptime monitoring only checks external endpoints. Learn why this misses server-level failures and how to get complete visibility into your infrastructure.