--- description: Review of groundcover Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: groundcover | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Network Troubleshooting Software](/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) > [groundcover](/software/438838/groundcover) # groundcover Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/438838/groundcover Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/438838/groundcover?page=2) > Groundcover is a cloud-native application monitoring solution that offers comprehensive observability for modern production environments. With its eBPF-powered technology, Groundcover allows teams to monitor everything they build and run in the cloud without compromising on cost, granularity, or scale. The platform provides a range of features, including log management, infrastructure monitoring, and application performance monitoring. Users can access all their logs and metrics, optimize infrastructure efficiency, and identify and resolve issues instantly with zero code changes. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 31 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 31 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Groundcover ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 0.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Predictable price based on nodes, not data groundcover breaks the customary volume-based pricing model, allowing teams to scale away, at a fraction of the cost. Available on AWS Marketplace GCP Marketplace --------------------------------------------------- See it all. Store what matters.
Pay Accordingly. Our predictable pricing is based solely on the monthly average of the amount of Kubernetes Nodes (of any size or machine type) that are actively monitored by the groundcover eBPF sensor for logs, metrics, traces and events. You decide what to cover, and you can adjust at any time. - **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda and 199 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Monitoring - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Analytics - Anomaly Detection - Application Management - Application-Level Analysis - Approval Workflow - Audit Management - Audit Trail - Authentication - Automated Discovery - Automatic Backup - Bandwidth Monitoring - Baseline Manager - Bottleneck Identification ## Integrations (17 total) - AWS CloudTrail - Amazon Cloud Search - Amazon CloudWatch - Amazon S3 - Apache Kafka - Datadog - Grafana - Instaclustr Apache Kafka - MongoDB - OpsGenie - OtelMS - PagerDuty - Prometheus - Rabbiit - Redis Enterprise ... and 2 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Network Troubleshooting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Network Troubleshooting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) - [Observability Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4534/observability/software) - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4307/network-monitoring/software) - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) - [Log Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4551/log-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It's particularly efficient in terms of resource usage, maintaining a minimal footprint on the infrastructure. > > **Cons**: Groundcover thrives in Kubernetes (K8s) environments, delivering top-notch performance. While it may not be as immediate in non-EKS settings, it still supports various integrations. > > 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 ----- ### "Groundcover: zero effort observability" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *2 January 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Groundcover has significantly impacted our small team, offering immediate insights into our EKS cluster within just 10 minutes. Its GitOps-compatible configuration seamlessly integrates into our workflow. The support via the Slack channel is outstanding, with the team being highly responsive and patient, consistently providing replies in under an hour. > > **Cons**: The current dashboards and alerts in Groundcover, which utilize an embedded Grafana, certainly deliver impressive functionalities. However, exploring a unique approach developed by Groundcover itself could potentially improve the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. > > 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. ----- ### "Product has long onboarding time" — 3.0/5 > **Yair** | *21 January 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: A lot of important data is exposed, this helps a lot to debug our production > > **Cons**: As a new user i find it hard to get into all of the abilities i have in groundcover ----- ### "Observability made easy" — 5.0/5 > **Vinoth** | *15 January 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of deployment, the platform, availability of majority of the features. And constant feature releases. > > **Cons**: Nothing as such. The team is constantly improving and bringing in new features. ----- ### "Groundcover - simple and robust solution for monitoring purposes" — 5.0/5 > **Jakub** | *10 October 2024* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's a very useful tool to help monitor, store logs and metrics. For sure i would like to mention their very helpful support that can help with anything groundcover related. > > **Cons**: To be honest i would have to be very picky to state any true downsides of groundcover > > Overall i would really recommend to think about using it as observability solution at your company. 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