“[OpenObserve is] super fast, definitely very lightweight, and you can get started with an initial POC in two to three minutes to be honest.”
2–3 min
To first POC
Lightweight
Minimal footprint
AI vision
Retail analytics platform
Cluster-Wide Kubernetes Observability
Kubernetes Monitoring: Every Pod. Every Event. One Timeline
Complete Kubernetes visibility, from cluster to pod, in minutes.
1 Quick Install (Recommended)$_ Terminal
prod-eu
External EndpointInternal Endpoint
TERMINAL
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openobserve/o2-datasource/main/k8s/install.sh | bash -s -- \ --cluster-name=prod-eu \ --org-id=default \ --access-key=•••••••••••••••••••• \ --o2-url=https://your-org.openobserve.ai
Installs cert-manager, the OpenTelemetry operator and the OpenObserve collector automatically.
2 Auto-Instrument Your Applications for Traces Optional
Workload Detection
Workload detected using fields (3)
AWS Kubernetes
K8s Cluster 6
prod-euprod-usstagingdev-01+2
K8s Namespace 24
cert-managerkube-systemopenobservemonitoringpaymentsdefault+18
Found in Logs Found in Traces Found in Metrics
01
One command — container logs, cluster events, metrics and zero-code traces. Clusters and namespaces then resolve themselves out of the streams.
Native Kubernetes integrations
Connect your cluster in minutes. OpenObserve ingests directly from the tools you already run - no agents, no custom glue code.
Complete Kubernetes Observability
Full visibility into containers, workloads, and infrastructure performance across clusters.
Stand Up In Minutes
Monitor your Kubernetes environment instantly with the OpenObserve Collector. Automatically capture metrics, logs, and traces.
Reduce Kubernetes Costs
Identify Kubernetes inefficiencies and optimize resources for immediate cost savings.
Why Use OpenObserve for Kubernetes Monitoring?
Unified Kubernetes Monitoring
Pod-Level Observability
Spot resource problems at the exact pod causing them. Track CPU, memory, and network metrics down to the pod level.
Live Cluster Dashboards
See application and infrastructure health the moment it changes, not after refreshing a stale dashboard.
Multi Cluster Visibility
In-Cluster Event Capture
Track every Kubernetes object in one place. Events for pods, deployments, HPA, and more are captured automatically.
Cross-Cluster Correlation
Compare and correlate events across every cluster you run instead of checking each one separately.
Resource Optimization
Resource Metrics
Allocate resources based on actual usage, not guesswork. CPU, memory, and storage utilization are tracked across nodes, pods, and containers.
Usage-Based Scaling Decisions
Scale with confidence using real usage patterns instead of static thresholds.
Uptime & Incident Management
Availability Monitoring
Know a cluster or app is down before a user tells you. Automated health checks run continuously.
Incident Response
Get from alert to diagnosis fast. Instant alerts come paired with the diagnostic detail needed to act.
Benchmarks
Measured against the platforms you are already paying for
Same telemetry, same workloads, one platform. Every number is OpenObserve against a named vendor - not an industry average.
vs. Datadog
8×
more cost-effective
8x cost reduction means you can unify your observability into a single platform.
vs. Elastic
140×
storage efficiency
140x storage means longer retention doesn't necessarily mean expensive bills.
vs. Dynatrace
10×
faster performance
10x performance means dashboards and queries load in milliseconds, not minutes.
vs. New Relic
30×
compute efficiency
30x compute efficiency means you index everything and don't have to compromise on sampling.
See how much you'd save switching today.
Testimonials
Teams trust OpenObserve with their Kubernetes clusters
Correlate between the environments and signals across various sources with OpenObserve built-in correlation engine.
Start in just a few steps
From zero to Kubernetes dashboards in minutes - no agents to babysit, no pipelines to wire by hand.
See the guide- 1
Sign up
Spin up a in the region closest to you.
- 2
Connect your cluster
Deploy the OpenObserve Collector to your cluster and load prebuilt Kubernetes dashboards in a couple of clicks.
- 3
Visualize
Watch logs, metrics, and traces stream in - correlated and query-ready from the first event.
Kubernetes Monitoring FAQs
Ready to get started with Kubernetes observability?
Monitor every cluster, node, pod, and event with prebuilt dashboards, metrics, logs, and alerting rules. Pick the plan that fits your team.
Enterprise Professional
Self-hosted Enterprise, free up to 50GB. Advanced features for growing teams.
Cloud Free trial
Fully managed OpenObserve in the cloud. Start with a free trial - no infrastructure to run.
Enterprise Premium
Enterprise-grade support, SSO, and SLAs for large-scale, multi-region deployments.
