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What is Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud is a SaaS observability platform that combines log management, infrastructure and container monitoring, APM, and synthetic/real user monitoring in a single service. It is used by DevOps, SRE, and engineering teams to troubleshoot application performance issues, analyze logs, and set up alerting across cloud and on‑prem environments. The product supports common data sources such as Kubernetes, Docker, hosts, and popular databases, and provides dashboards, search, and alert rules from a unified UI.
Unified logs, metrics, and APM
Sematext Cloud provides integrated log analysis, metrics-based monitoring, and application performance monitoring in one platform. This reduces the need to stitch together separate tools for log search, infrastructure dashboards, and tracing/APM workflows. Teams can correlate signals (for example, a latency spike with related error logs) within the same product experience.
Strong Kubernetes and container support
The platform includes monitoring for Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads, with agents/integrations designed for container environments. It supports common operational use cases such as node and pod resource monitoring, container-level visibility, and alerting on service health. This aligns well with teams running microservices and container orchestration where host-only monitoring is insufficient.
Built-in alerting and synthetic checks
Sematext Cloud includes alerting capabilities for logs and metrics and supports website monitoring via synthetic checks. This enables on-call style workflows such as threshold alerts, anomaly-style conditions (where configured), and notifications to common channels. Having synthetic monitoring alongside backend telemetry helps teams validate availability and user-facing performance from outside the system boundary.
Feature depth varies by module
Because Sematext Cloud spans logs, APM, infrastructure monitoring, and digital experience monitoring, some areas may be less deep than specialized single-purpose tools. Advanced APM features (for example, very granular code-level diagnostics or extensive auto-instrumentation options) can require careful evaluation for complex stacks. Organizations with highly specialized needs may still need complementary tooling.
Data onboarding requires tuning
Getting high-signal observability often requires configuration work such as selecting integrations, setting retention, defining parsing rules for logs, and tuning alert thresholds. In high-volume environments, teams may need to manage sampling, filtering, and indexing choices to control cost and noise. This can add operational overhead during initial rollout and ongoing optimization.
Enterprise governance may be limited
Large enterprises may require advanced governance features such as fine-grained role-based access controls, complex multi-tenant separation, and standardized policy enforcement across many teams. Depending on the organization’s compliance and audit requirements, additional validation may be needed around access controls, data residency, and reporting. Some buyers may also expect deeper ITSM and enterprise workflow integrations out of the box.
Plan & Pricing
Monitoring (Infra / Service Monitoring)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0.004 per hour per host (~$2.88/month) | 1 day retention; metered hourly per-agent/host; container pricing uses base+per-container model. |
| Standard | Varies (see Cost Calculator) | Longer retention options, more included containers/agents; price depends on retention and #hosts/agents. |
| Pro | Varies (see Cost Calculator) | Higher volumes, extended retention, premium support; price depends on retention and #hosts/agents. |
(See Sematext Cost Calculator / Pricing page for exact Standard/Pro rates by retention and host/agent counts.)
Logs (Pay-as-you-go)
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (metered by daily volume, received & stored GB, and retention) Free tier/trial: 14-day free trial available. No-credit-card trial. Example costs / notes: Basic Logs example: Starts at $5/month (example: 500 MB/day, 7 days retention). Received: $0.10/GB (applies to raw data sent). Stored (example Basic): $0.15/GB (varies by plan, daily volume, retention). Higher daily volume reduces $/GB. Discount options: Annual billing shows ~-10% on starting prices; custom/volume discounts available via sales.
Tracing (Distributed Tracing)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19 per month | Includes 2M spans/day, 1 day retention. |
| Standard | Varies (select spans/day & retention) | Price depends on spans/day and retention. |
| Pro | Varies (select spans/day & retention) | Higher spans/day bundles, lower per-span cost, longer retention. |
Synthetics (Monitoring of HTTP & Browser monitors)
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go per monitor Prices / notes: $2 per HTTP monitor / month; $7 per Browser monitor / month. Minimum charge: $5 per month. 30 days retention (default). 14-day free trial available.
Experience (Real User Monitoring)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | Starts at $9 per month | Example: 25k page views/month (retention selectable). |
| Standard | Varies (see Cost Calculator) | Price scales with pageviews & retention. |
| Pro | Varies (see Cost Calculator) | Higher PVs & retention; contact sales for large volumes. |
Network Map
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Network Map | Starts at $1.68 per host / month | Visual topology; pricing scales with Infra Monitoring plan & retention. |
Notes: Many plan prices depend on selected retention, daily volume (logs/traces), number of hosts/agents/containers, and whether billing is monthly vs annual. Sematext provides a Cost Calculator on its official site to get exact monthly estimates for chosen configurations.
Seller details
Sematext Group, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York, USA
2013
Private
https://sematext.com/
https://x.com/sematext
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sematext/
