ServiceNow Cloud Observability (formerly LightStep) vs. Middleware

Lightstep’s observability platform is the easiest way for developers and SREs to monitor health and respond to changes in cloud-native applications. Powered by cutting-edge distributed tracing and a groundbreaking metrics database, and built by the team that launched observability at Google, Lightstep’s Change Intelligence provides actionable insights to help teams answer the question “What caused that change? Lightstep empowers reliability and observability managers to minimize the impact of outages, improve software performance, and build org-wide standards to drive adoption and automation.

Middleware is a full-stack observability platform designed to help users monitor and debug their applications by consolidating all metrics, logs, and traces into a single unified timeline. This solution is particularly beneficial for developers and DevOps teams, as it allows them to identify root causes of issues and resolve them in real time. By breaking down data silos, Middleware enhances visibility across various components of an application, ultimately leading to reduced downtime and improved user experiences.