Case Study: Speedscale achieves lower-cost, more powerful monitoring with Axiom

Speedscale finds Axiom both cheaper and more powerful

Speedscale, a Y-Combinator backed startup that helps engineering teams build resilient Kubernetes apps, faced challenges with their previous monitoring tool. Their engineers found the query language unintuitive and difficult to use during critical situations. Furthermore, the platform's unpredictable, volume-based pricing led to surprise billing spikes, which created a fear of ingesting data.

By implementing Axiom, Speedscale found a far more affordable and powerful solution. Axiom's intuitive search interface allowed engineers to run complex queries immediately without training. The solution eliminated surprise bills and became the company's unified tool for both engineering operations and business analytics, enabling marketing and product teams to make decisions from the same data.

Speedscale

Matthew LeRay

Co-Founder and CTO