Comparison

Groundcover vs Last9

On the evidence we track, Groundcover leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Groundcover71
Last948
Score
Vioscale score
Groundcover71 / 100medium · 73%updating
Last948 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Groundcover
Last9
Model
Groundcoverfreemium
Last9free
Price level
Groundcovermid
Last9free
Transparent
Groundcover
Last9
Integrations
Count
Groundcover9
Last9100
Security
Disclosure policy
Groundcover
Last9
Gdpr
Groundcover
Last9
Hipaa
Groundcover
Last9
Iso27001
Groundcover
Last9
Pci
Groundcover
Last9
Soc2
Groundcover
Last9
Reliability
Status page
Groundcover
Last9

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for observability tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Signals
Metrics
Groundcover
Last9
Log management
Groundcover
Last9
Distributed tracing
Groundcover
Last9
Application performance monitoring
Groundcover
Last9
Real-user monitoring
Groundcover
Last9
Response
Alerting
Groundcover
Last9
On-call / incident management
Groundcover
Last9
Insight
Dashboards
Groundcover
Last9
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Groundcover
Last9
Deployment
Hosting
GroundcoverCloud + self-hosted
Last9Cloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Groundcover

Leader

Full-stack observability for Kubernetes and cloud environments that automatically collects logs, metrics, traces, and events using eBPF technology without code changes. Deployed within your cloud infrastructure or on-premises, with AI agents to automate investigation and troubleshooting, and predictable per-host pricing model.

Independently observed

Last9

A unified observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and Prometheus that manages logs, metrics, and traces with high-cardinality storage. It includes AI-assisted incident investigation, real-time alerting, and user monitoring capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Groundcover

Leader
from $30/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $30/host/mo (Pro). Free tier available. Transparent per-host pricing with no ingestion-based charges.

  • FreeFree
    • 12 hour data retention
    • Slack Community support
    • No credit card required
  • Pro$30/host/mo
    • All available integrations and data sources
    • SSO support
    • Standard data retention
    • Standard support
    • BYOC deployment
  • Enterprise$35/host/mo
    • Everything in Pro plan
    • RBAC support
    • Unlimited data retention
    • Premium support
    • 24x7x365 on-call availability
  • On PremiseContact sales
    • Everything in Enterprise plan
    • Self-hosted data plane
    • Self-hosted UI
    • Isolated authentication
    • Full on-premises deployment
as of verify ↗

Last9

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Groundcover
Last9
iOS
Groundcover
Last9
Android
Groundcover
Last9
CLI
Groundcover
Last9
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Groundcover
Last9
Self-hosted
Groundcover
Last9
On-premise
Groundcover
Last9
Hybrid
Groundcover
Last9

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • AWS
  • Slack
  • OpenTelemetry

Groundcover

Leader
9 total - 6 not shared
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Linear
  • MCP
  • Terraform
Independently observed

Last9

50 total - 47 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • Jira
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Telegram
  • Zenduty
  • Google Chat
  • Flock
  • Webhook
  • GitHub Actions
  • ArgoCD
  • Buildkite
  • Jenkins
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • ECS
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Oracle
  • DynamoDB
  • +23 more
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.