groundcover
7.7#14 in log management softwareFrom $30 a monthFree planWebLinuxSelf-hosted
Visitgroundcover vs Kerno
What both publish
| Fact | groundcover | Kerno |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Bring Your Own Cloud deploys the backend in the customer’s cloud while groundcover manages it, and the UI is hosted by groundcover. | Kerno can run as a Kubernetes DaemonSet or as a binary on bare metal, VMs, EC2, and GCE; Docker images are published for Linux amd64 and arm64. |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Monitoring, Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Redis Cloud, Datadog, and GitHub. | The project lists Prometheus metrics and ServiceMonitor support, Kubernetes pod enrichment, optional Anthropic, OpenAI, and Ollama providers, and systemd enrichment. |
| Support | Standard support offers business-hours availability with stated response targets from under 8 hours for critical issues to under 72 hours for low-priority issues. | The security policy directs general questions to GitHub Discussions and vulnerability reports to [email protected], with acknowledgment targeted within 48 hours. |
groundcover plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$30 a month
- Enterprise$35 a month
- On Premise$50 a month
Kerno plans
No prices published.
Pick groundcover if…
groundcover suits teams monitoring production environments that need metrics, logs and traces. Its deployment options serve customers who want a backend in their own cloud or both backend and interface on their premises.
Pick Kerno if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.