4.8/5
G2 rating
26 reviews
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Should I Use groundcover?
Monitor everything you run in the cloud, without compromising on data, control, or cost. Deployed in your cloud. Built for your agents.
Depends
DependsBuy if you run Kubernetes at scale and Datadog bills hurt.
4.8/5 eBPF observability that runs in your cloud. Great for K8s scale; overkill for simple uptime needs.
Confidence: Medium
$30/mo
Starting price
Per Software Advice listing
Yes
Free tier
Free plan on pricing page
$100M Series C
Funding
Raised 2026
Value for money
4
Case studies cite 67% cost cuts replacing Datadog.
Ease of use
4
Reviewers call it simple; zero-instrumentation eBPF sensors.
Feature depth
4
eBPF, OpenTelemetry, RBAC, AI agent observability.
Security posture
4
BYOC, RBAC, public trust center.
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumEnterprise tier is talk-to-sales; budgeting requires a demo call12
- mediumBYOC means your team operates and pays cloud costs for the telemetry plane⁶
- mediumeBPF sensors request privileged host access; validate against your threat model⁸
- lowReview counts are small (26-32 per site); ratings may not generalize³
Best for
- Kubernetes-heavy engineering teams
- Teams fleeing Datadog pricing
- Regulated teams needing data in their own cloud
- Teams wanting zero-instrumentation setup
Not for
- Solo devs needing basic uptime pings
- Non-technical teams with no DevOps staff
- Teams unwilling to run vendor agents in their own cloud
- Buyers wanting transparent enterprise list pricing
Companies that use it
- Lemonade
- Nymbus11
- aiOla
- Nobl9
Pricing
Free
$0
- Core observability
- Community support
Team
From ~$30/mo
- Usage-based billing
- Full platform access
Enterprise
Not disclosed
- RBAC and SSO
- Talk-to-sales
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Reviewers praise the simple zero-instrumentation setup and lower costs versus legacy tools like Datadog.
“Groundcover is so simple”
Alternatives
Compare groundcover with each alternative.
Datadog
Incumbent full-stack observability; pricier, but what buyers switch from.
groundcover vs DatadogBetter Stack
Simpler modern observability alternative; cheaper for smaller stacks.
groundcover vs Better StackCubeAPM
Cost-focused observability alternative frequently compared on price.
groundcover vs CubeAPMupdown.io
Cheap uptime checks if you don't need deep monitoring.
groundcover vs updown.ioFull analysis
Based on ~20 public sources: G2, Gartner, Capterra reviews, funding news, vendor case studies, and third-party security commentary.
Sources
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- groundcover Reviews 2026 | Capterracapterra.comreview
- groundcover Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing | Software Advicesoftwareadvice.comreview
- groundcover Pricing Plansgroundcover.comofficial
- Securing customer-owned telemetry planesgroundcover.comsecurity
- Groundcover Trust Centertrust.groundcover.comsecurity
security
- groundcover Raises $100M Series C Fundinggroundcover.comnews
- Cloud observability startup Groundcover raises $100Msiliconangle.comnews
- Nymbus Case Study: Cutting Observability Costs by 67%groundcover.comofficial
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