# How groundcover Promotes BYOC Observability as an Alternative to Datadog

DevFeed: [How groundcover Promotes BYOC Observability as an Alternative to Datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/when-datadog-costs-spike-how-groundcover-helps-you-move-on-80110.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.groundcover.com/blog/why-datadog-broke-your-heart>)

Author: Paul Trebe

Published: 2025-11-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ground Cover](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ground-cover.md>)

Topics: [internal developer platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-platform.md>), [datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datadog.md>), [scaling laws](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scaling-laws.md>)

Tags: [costs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/costs.md>), [ebpf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ebpf.md>), [groundcover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/groundcover.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that volume-based SaaS observability costs rise as companies scale, leading teams to sample telemetry and lose visibility. It promotes groundcover's BYOC approach, paired with eBPF, as a way to retain data and make costs more predictable, while contrasting it with Datadog and self-managed open-source stacks.

## Source excerpt

Discover why high Datadog bills hit startups hard and how groundcover helps you escape SaaS observability pain with a cost-efficient BYOC alternative.