Getting Started with OpenObserve
LLM observability explained for engineers: what it is, why traditional APM misses LLM failures, the three layers (computational, semantic, agentic), the core signals to track in production, and how OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions standardize instrumentation.
Seven Langfuse alternatives compared for 2026: OpenObserve, LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, Comet Opik, Laminar, Braintrust, and Traceloop. Real licenses, self-hosting limits, OpenTelemetry support, and what the ClickHouse acquisition actually changed.
Seven LangSmith alternatives compared for 2026: OpenObserve, Langfuse, Comet Opik, Arize Phoenix, Laminar, MLflow, and Traceloop. Licenses audited from source, real self-hosting limits, and which tools survived a year of acquisitions.
A complete OpenTelemetry overview: architecture, components, OTLP, and the Collector, plus what its 2026 CNCF graduation means.
Learn the difference between head-based and tail-based sampling in observability. Compare pros, cons, and use cases to choose the right strategy for tracing.
Compare the best Prometheus alternatives in 2026 for metrics at scale. See how OpenObserve, VictoriaMetrics, Thanos, Mimir, Cortex, and more handle high cardinality, long-term storage, and cost.
Add real observability to CrewAI: map Crew, Agent, and Task objects to OpenTelemetry spans, tell CrewAI's own anonymous telemetry apart from your own tracing, and send the full multi-agent trace to OpenObserve.
Helicone entered maintenance mode after Mintlify's March 2026 acquisition, with new signups closed and the roadmap frozen. Here's how to move LLM observability off Helicone's proxy and onto OpenObserve: replace the base-URL proxy with OpenTelemetry instrumentation, map Properties, Users, and Sessions to gen_ai attributes, and get infra correlation in the same backend.
How an AI-governance engineer walks one anomalous LLM turn across three signals in OpenObserve - session, distributed trace, and RUM replay - to pin down cost, cause, and the human action behind a token spike.
Trace the OpenAI Agents SDK with OpenTelemetry: map handoffs, guardrails, and agent spans to OTLP and send the full trace to OpenObserve, not OpenAI's backend.
Twelve config-level tactics for observability cost optimization, sampling, pipeline filtering, retention tiers, and cardinality control, with before/after numbers and real config examples for logs, metrics, and traces.
OpenObserve vs Langfuse in 2026: unified infra+LLM observability vs a dedicated LLM platform. Feature matrix, pricing, and when to use each (or both).
A practical guide to the best distributed tracing tools in 2026: OpenObserve, Jaeger, Grafana Tempo, Zipkin, and Honeycomb. Covers OTel compatibility, high-cardinality support, and deployment trade-offs.
A practical guide to the top 10 microservices monitoring tools in 2026: OpenObserve, Grafana LGTM, Datadog, Dynatrace, and Prometheus. Covers unified telemetry, cardinality handling, and cost trade-offs.
Discover the best Splunk alternatives in 2026. Compare open-source and enterprise tools for log management, SIEM, and observability. Find cost-effective solutions with our comprehensive guide.
A practical guide to 15 essential SRE tools in 2026: OpenObserve, Datadog, PagerDuty, Prometheus, Jaeger, and LitmusChaos. Covers unified observability, alerting, incident management, SLO tracking, and chaos engineering.
Compare the best Lightstep alternatives following the March 2026 EOL. Covers OpenObserve, Jaeger, Grafana Tempo, Honeycomb, and Datadog APM with OpenTelemetry migration guides, cost comparisons, and high-cardinality tracing analysis.
A comprehensive comparison of the top 10 observability platforms in 2026 highlighting their strengths, trade-offs, and use-cases.
Explore the top observability tools and platforms in 2026. Compare features, use cases, and alternatives to Datadog for logs, metrics, and traces in this complete guide.
Top 10 open source monitoring tools explained. Learn what they are, why they matter, and how to choose to get the most from your observability strategy.
Compare the best Datadog alternatives in 2026 with real cost data, technical analysis, and migration guides. OpenObserve delivers 60-90% cost savings with unified observability for logs, metrics, and traces.
AI Observability by OpenObserve
OpenTelemetry-native observability for agents and LLMs.
