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About Apica is the observability cost optimization leader helping IT teams gain complete control over their telemetry data economics. Apica Ascent processes all observability data types including metrics, logs, traces, and events while optimizing observability costs by 40% compared to traditional approaches. Unlike solutions that lock users into proprietary formats, Ascent offers true flexibility with support for any data lake of choice, on-premises or cloud deployment options, and elimination of expensive tool sprawl through modular solutions. Built to handle high-cardinality data that overwhelms competitive solutions, Ascent includes the patented InstaStore™ optimized storage technology for maximum efficiency and advanced root cause analysis capabilities. Organizations choose us to make observability investments that reduce costs instead of spiraling them out of control.	About High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability. OpenTelemetry is a collection of tools, APIs, and SDKs. Use it to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to help you analyze your software’s performance and behavior. OpenTelemetry is generally available across several languages and is suitable for use. Create and collect telemetry data from your services and software, then forward them to a variety of analysis tools. OpenTelemetry integrates with popular libraries and frameworks such as Spring, ASP.NET Core, Express, Quarkus, and more! Installation and integration can be as simple as a few lines of code. 100% Free and Open Source, OpenTelemetry is adopted and supported by industry leaders in the observability space.
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Audience Telemetry Data Management & Observability	Audience Developers interested in a high-quality portable telemetry solution for observability
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Company Information Apica Founded: 2005 Sweden www.apica.io	Company Information OpenTelemetry Founded: 2019 opentelemetry.io
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Categories AI Observability Supported Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Supported Data Observability Supported Load Testing Supported Observability Supported Software Testing Supported Telemetry Supported	Categories Observability Supported Telemetry Supported

Integrations New Relic Supported C++ Not Supported Elastic APM Not Supported Express Not Supported JavaScript Not Supported Jenkins Supported KloudMate Not Supported Maestro Supported Mirantis Container Runtime Not Supported Mirascope Not Supported Observe Not Supported Observo AI Not Supported OpenObserve Not Supported Opsgenie Supported PagerDuty Supported Randoli Not Supported Traccia Not Supported Vert.x Not Supported zymtrace Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 18 Integrations	Integrations New Relic Supported C++ Supported Elastic APM Supported Express Supported JavaScript Supported Jenkins Not Supported KloudMate Supported Maestro Not Supported Mirantis Container Runtime Supported Mirascope Supported Observe Supported Observo AI Supported OpenObserve Supported Opsgenie Not Supported PagerDuty Not Supported Randoli Supported Traccia Supported Vert.x Supported zymtrace Supported Show More Integrations View All 75 Integrations
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