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case-study

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The Datadog Alternative That Cut an $18K Bill 85%

The Datadog alternative that ran 6 TB/day of observability for ~$15-18K/mo vs Datadog's ~$120K. How the bill ballooned, what we changed, and the 85% cut.

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The Datadog Alternative That Cut an $18K Bill 85%

The Datadog alternative that ran 6 TB/day of observability for ~$15-18K/mo vs Datadog's ~$120K. How the bill ballooned, what we changed, and the 85% cut.

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How We Avoided $120K/Month in Observability Costs

Datadog was costing us $40K/month at 1TB/day. We were growing to 6TB. Instead of scaling the bill, we built our own platform for $1,500.

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