# OpenObserve Overview

> Explore the advantages of OpenObserve, the lightweight, petabyte scale observability platform that optimizes observability costs.

Source: https://openobserve.ai/webinars-videos/openobserve-overview/
Published: 2024-04-19
Authors: Prabhat Sharma
Duration: 51 minutes

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Discover OpenObserve, the lightweight, petabyte scale observability platform that helps slash observability costs while unifying logs, metrics, traces, and front-end monitoring in a single interface.

## What you'll learn

- How to ingest data from Kubernetes, AWS, databases, and 20+ other sources into a unified open-source platform
- Master data exploration with SQL queries, saved searches, metrics analysis with PromQL, distributed tracing, and Real User Monitoring in one intuitive interface
- Build stunning dashboards using 200+ chart types, from built-in visualizations to custom Apache ECharts, with full drill-down capabilities
- Process your telemetry with real-time data pipelines for parsing and enrichment, scheduled alerts and reports, plus custom Python scripts for advanced workflows

## OpenObserve Overview

Discover OpenObserve, the lightweight, petabyte scale observability platform that helps slash observability costs while unifying logs, metrics, traces, and front-end monitoring in a single interface. Watch as we demonstrate real-time data ingestion, build custom dashboards with advanced visualizations, and create sophisticated data pipelines using VRL and SQL for transformation and enrichment. From automated alerts and scheduled reports to custom Python actions and enterprise-grade security features, this video shows you how to build a complete observability stack that's both resource-efficient and ridiculously easy to use.

## Resources

- [Quick Start](https://openobserve.ai/)