# Groundcover vs Sematext

| Attribute | Groundcover | Sematext |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 71.4 (73% (medium)) | 69.1 (49% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Cloud-based and self-hosted observability solution that integrates infrastructure monitoring, log management, distributed tracing, and synthetic monitoring in a unified interface. Offers per-product, per-host, or per-monitor billing with no hidden overage charges. |
| features.capabilities | `{"apm":true,"rum":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":true}` | `{"apm":true,"rum":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":false}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 100 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"MCP"},{"name":"Terraform"}]` | `[{"name":"Syslog"},{"name":"Angular"},{"name":"Custom Webhooks"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GitLab CI/CD"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Akka"},{"name":"Ember"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Logstash"},{"name":"Kibana"},{"name":"Apache Solr"},{"name":"OpenSearch"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["12 hour data retention","Slack Community support","No credit card required"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Exploration tier with limited data retention","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_retention":"12 hours"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$30/host/mo","features":["All available integrations and data sources","SSO support","Standard data retention","Standard support","BYOC deployment"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"host","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams of all sizes who like to move fast","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$35/host/mo","features":["Everything in Pro plan","RBAC support","Unlimited data retention","Premium support","24x7x365 on-call availability"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"host","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For organizations in need of reliability at scale","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"On Premise","summary":"$50/host/mo","features":["Everything in Enterprise plan","Self-hosted data plane","Self-hosted UI","Isolated authentication","Full on-premises deployment"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"host","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For high-compliance or regulated environments","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $30/host/mo (Pro). Free tier available. Transparent per-host pricing with no ingestion-based charges.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.groundcover.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:03:41.703Z","startingPrice":{"amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Logs","summary":"From $5/month","features":["Log ingestion","Log analytics","Searching and filtering"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Log management and analytics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Infra Monitoring","summary":"From $2.8/host/month","features":["Host metrics","Container monitoring","System performance"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"host","amount":2.8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Real-time infrastructure monitoring","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Service Monitoring","summary":"From $8.64/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":8.64,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Service-level performance metrics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Tracing","summary":"From $19/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Zero-code distributed tracing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Synthetics","summary":"From $2/monitor/month","features":["API monitoring","Uptime monitoring","Performance monitoring"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"monitor","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Synthetic monitoring for APIs and websites","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Synthetics Standard","summary":"$29/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Packaged synthetic monitoring plan","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Synthetics Pro","summary":"$99/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced synthetic monitoring plan","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $2.8/host/month for infrastructure monitoring. 14-day free trial, no commitment. Metered pricing with no overage charges.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sematext.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:36:12.631Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Observability Tools)

| Capability | Groundcover | Sematext |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Signals** |  |  |
| Metrics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Application performance monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Response** |  |  |
| Alerting | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-call / incident management | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Dashboards | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry-native | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:44:37.564Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*