Long story short, I'm very tired of certain pitfalls in some of the most popular log and metric aggregation tools. So I figured I'd ask here if anyone wants to share some that aren't well known.
Ideally ones that do both logs and metrics in the same system, or are at least easy to get the logs and metrics pieces to work together.
Why do you think they're underrated? What is your experience using them?
AWS. The logging and metrics capabilities in AWS have been maturing for years and while not as polished as other options, come with far less drama and expense. There are a few good service alternatives and approaches to consider. I prefer streaming logs to S3 via Firehose and putting a thin reverse index over the top. That said, CloudWatch logs are pretty good these days, and with retention rules in place can be affordable. CloudWatch metrics aren’t as pretty as DataDog et. al. but avoiding their smelly business is worth the plain looks to me (all day long).
