Case Study: Delivery Hero achieves complete Kubernetes visibility and doubles order capacity with Datadog

Ensuring Complete Visibility into Kubernetes Networks and Workloads

Delivery Hero, the Berlin‑based global leader in local delivery and quick commerce, saw orders nearly double during the pandemic and relied on Kubernetes to scale its containerized platform. However, a patchwork of open‑source monitoring tools left critical blind spots—engineers couldn’t observe old and new clusters simultaneously during upgrades and lacked DNS and pod‑level network visibility, putting reliability at risk.

By adopting Datadog’s unified platform (Application Performance Monitoring, Log Management, and Cloud Network Monitoring), Delivery Hero gained out‑of‑the‑box visibility into Kubernetes traffic, DNS, and container communication, eliminating tool sprawl and speeding troubleshooting. The result: they met a 2x surge in orders with no outages, achieved full Kubernetes network visibility, and consolidated monitoring into a single solution.

Delivery Hero

Miguel Mingorance

Systems Engineer