Cardinality Audit
Get an Observability Roadmap that ensures your spend drives real business value. Start with a free discovery call.
You’re Caught Between Cost Pressure and Team Trust
Your CFO is asking why observability costs are growing faster than revenue. Your engineers believe any reduction means flying blind. You can’t predict next quarter’s bill, can’t explain the current one, and risk losing your team’s trust if you cut without a plan.
The problem isn’t the bill. The problem is you don’t know what you’re paying for or whether it’s connected to actual business outcomes.
The Vendor Incentive Problem
Your observability vendors are incentivized to maximize data volume. More metrics, more logs, more traces means more revenue.
Their default configurations collect everything. Their generic dashboards and alerting patterns rarely fit your actual business logic. Their professional services teams will happily help you instrument everything and increase retention while your costs spiral.
I’m different. As an independent observability architect, I’m incentivized when my clients cut costs and make better decisions with their data. That fundamental alignment changes everything.
Start With a Free Discovery Call
Let’s talk about your goals, your stack, and your constraints. No pitch, no pressure. Just a conversation to see if an audit makes sense for you.
The Cardinality Audit
A focused review to ensure your observability spend drives real business value.
An expert-led assessment of how your observability investment maps to actual outcomes.
What You Receive
- A 30-minute executive-level diagnostic conversation
- An independent, unbiased review of your observability stack
- A written Observability Roadmap with clear recommendations
- A results presentation walking through your roadmap
- 3-5 high-impact opportunities to improve ROI and reduce waste
You keep this roadmap whether or not we continue working together.
What’s Required
- Two brief calls (discovery + results presentation)
- Read-only access to your observability environment
- Access to engineering staff for follow-up questions
The Outcome
- Clear visibility into cost drivers and inefficiencies
- Confidence in what to keep, change, or remove
- Reduced risk before committing to larger platform or process changes
Investment
Who This Is For
Ideal if you:
- Have an IT, Software Engineering, DevOps, or SRE organization (50-1,500 employees)
- Spend $50K-$1M+/year on observability
- Use Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or similar
- Can make cost optimization decisions (VP Eng, CTO, Director SRE)
- Face unpredictable costs, alert fatigue, or unclear ROI
What Happens After?
You walk away with your Observability Roadmap and clear recommendations. From there:
- Implement yourself with confidence
- Revisit later when timing is right
- Discuss next steps if you want help with implementation
No pressure. Just clarity.
Book Your Free Discovery Call
Let’s talk about your observability challenges and see if an audit makes sense.
FAQ
Q: What’s the difference between the discovery call and the audit? A: The discovery call is free. We talk about your goals, stack, and constraints to see if an audit makes sense. If we decide to proceed, the $497 Cardinality Audit includes independent analysis and a written Observability Roadmap.
Q: What’s included in the $497? A: An expert-led assessment including a diagnostic conversation, independent review of your observability stack, written Observability Roadmap, results presentation, and 3-5 high-impact recommendations.
Q: What access do you need? A: Read-only access to your observability environment. I may ask follow-up questions during analysis.
Q: How long does it take? A: Usually 3-5 business days between discovery call and results presentation.
Q: What if my spend is under $50K/year? A: Still valuable. The audit identifies inefficiencies and builds a foundation for cost-efficient growth.
Q: What if you can’t find significant opportunities? A: I’ll tell you honestly. If you’re already optimized, I’ll document what you’re doing well. I don’t manufacture problems.