Comparison12 min read
Sampleless vs Datadog: A Complete Comparison for 2026
An honest comparison of Sampleless and Datadog covering pricing, features, sampling approaches, and when each makes sense for your team.
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Observability insights
Technical deep-dives on observability, pricing analysis, migration guides, and engineering best practices.
Pricing10 min read
The True Cost of Datadog in 2026
A detailed breakdown of Datadog pricing including infrastructure, APM, logs, custom metrics, and the hidden networking costs most teams miss.
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Technical14 min read
Why Sampling Creates Observability Blind Spots
The mathematics of why 1% sampling means you need 230,000 requests to catch a 0.1% error rate with 90% confidence.
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Architecture11 min read
BYOC Observability: Why Your Data Should Stay in Your Cloud
How BYOC architecture eliminates $450K+ in annual networking costs and simplifies compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and FedRAMP.
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Migration15 min read
How to Migrate from Datadog to OpenTelemetry-Native Observability
A practical guide to migrating from Datadog to OpenTelemetry, including timeline estimates, feature mapping, and dual-running configurations.
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Pricing13 min read
Observability Pricing Models Explained: Per-Host, Per-GB, Per-User, and Flat-Fee
A comparison of pricing models from Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana, including the perverse incentives each creates.
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Technical12 min read
Kubernetes Observability Without the Complexity
OpenTelemetry Collector deployment patterns, eBPF vs instrumentation tradeoffs, and resource overhead benchmarks for K8s monitoring.
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Founder Story8 min read
Why I Built Sampleless
The frustration of $18K monthly observability bills for what should cost $500, and why the industry pricing model is fundamentally broken.
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Pricing9 min read
The Hidden Networking Costs of Centralized Observability
NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, and egress fees add $0.135/GB minimum when shipping telemetry to SaaS vendors. At 10TB/day, that is $453K/year.
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Technical14 min read
What is Behavioral Analytics in Observability? Introduction to ALBA Scoring
Why static thresholds fail (67% of alerts ignored), how behavioral baselines work, and the difference between anomaly scores and risk scores.
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