Telemetry Machine
An observability platform combining Honeycomb-style powerful querying, Datadog-style UI, and ClickHouse-backed speed, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Honeycomb or Datadog, with most users connecting via an agent.
What it addresses
Users who like Honeycomb or Datadog don't want to pay their high prices.
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Telemetry Machine
An observability platform combining Honeycomb-style powerful querying, Datadog-style UI, and ClickHouse-backed speed, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Honeycomb or Datadog, with most users connecting via an agent.
Problem: Users who like Honeycomb or Datadog don't want to pay their high prices.
Audience: SREs, platform engineers, and users of observability tools like Honeycomb or Datadog
Posted by @tmach32 · Original comment ↗
“I built Telemetry Machine (https://telemetrymachine.com). The TLDR is that if you like Honeycomb or Datadog but don't want to pay insane prices, you should check it out. The longer story is that I love talking to SREs, platform engineers, etc about observability, so if you want to kvetch about it, please send me an email at [email protected]! My cofounder and I have been working on observability for a combined 15 years and we decided to take what we love most about all these tools. We've got the powerful querying of Honeycomb, the great UI of Datadog (though most users use us via agent anyway), and the speed of Clickhouse.”
Telemetry Machine
An observability platform for tracking software, starting with OTel traces and logs. It is OpenTelemetry-native and wide-events-native, inviting users to attach high-cardinality attributes to spans and logs, and works well with agents. It runs on bare metal with a custom state-of-the-art storage engine for infra efficiency, and is priced below competitors by staying lean and avoiding a large salesforce.
Problem: Observability struggles with adoption because it is too expensive; existing vendors focus on extracting money from giant customers and maintaining large salesforces rather than helping people run their software well.
Audience: Developers running services who need observability; the team is seeking engagement with observability users (and non-users) to hear their problems and thoughts.
Posted by @tmach32 · Original comment ↗
“So that's what we're building at telemetrymachine.com: an observability product focused on helping you actually track your software (starting with OTel traces and logs).”