Gartner® Report

Get Your Observability Spend Under Control

By 2028, 80% of enterprises that do not implement observability cost controls will overspend by more than 50%.

Observability spend is rising fast, with Gartner clients reporting a 20% year-over-year increase and many now spending over $800,000 annually with a single vendor. This Gartner® report outlines why costs are growing so quickly, what’s driving waste, and how to take control. 

Key takeaways:

+ Observability costs are rising fast. Median spend now tops $800K

+ Telemetry data growth is overwhelming legacy tools

+ Most teams lack a cost-optimization strategy

+ Telemetry pipelines help reduce waste and focus spend


Download this Gartner® report to learn how infrastructure and operations leaders are reducing spend without compromising visibility.

Attribution: Get Your Observability Spend Under Control, by Padraig Byrne, Martin Caren, and Matt Crossley, 8 April 2025.

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