Case Study: Similarweb improves Kubernetes observability and adoption with groundcover

How Similarweb increases in-org Kubernetes adoption & improves its K8s observability with groundcover

Similarweb, a web analytics company, faced challenges with observability and adoption during its migration to Kubernetes. Their complex, multi-language tech stack and new EKS environment made monitoring difficult, requiring extensive manual integration with tools like Datadog and Logz.io. They needed a fast, efficient, and safe observability solution with zero integration overhead for their engineering teams.

Similarweb implemented groundcover's observability solution, which provided out-of-the-box visibility into their entire Kubernetes infrastructure without code changes. Using eBPF technology, groundcover offered a unified view of metrics, logs, and application performance. The solution enabled faster troubleshooting, helped resolve major production incidents by visualizing service dependencies, and increased operational efficiency. This improved system reliability and made Kubernetes more accessible to their developers.

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Eli Yaacov

Production Engineers Team Lead