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Metrics tell you something is wrong. Logs tell you what is wrong. A practical guide on when to use each for effective observability.

New Relic charges per user ($99-$349/month) plus per GB of data ingested ($0.40/GB after 100 GB free). A team of 5 engineers with 500 GB/month pays $650-$2,000. See full cost breakdowns and 5 ways to save.

Sentry pricing starts free (5K errors/month) and scales to $80/month on the Business plan. Actual costs depend on error volume, tracing spans, and session replays. See real cost examples and 5 ways to cut your bill.

Podman vs Docker: Explore key differences in architecture, security, and tooling to choose the right containerization tool for your needs.

The difference between storing logs and actually learning from them — querying, pattern detection, anomaly analysis, and choosing the right log analytics tool.

See real Datadog pricing for Infrastructure, APM, Logs & Security. Learn the hidden costs that inflate bills and 4 proven ways to cut your observability spend by 40-90%.

What actually breaks when teams add high cardinality metrics and why those failures are hard to avoid unless the system is built for it.

OpenTelemetry deprecates Zipkin exporters in favor of native OTLP support. Migration paths and timeline through December 2026.