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$500 in credits

Distributed tracing and observability — trace requests across microservices and identify performance bottlenecks.

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What Is Lightstep?

Lightstep (now part of ServiceNow Cloud Observability) is the distributed tracing platform that helps engineering teams understand how requests flow through microservices and identify the exact component causing latency or errors. For startups running 3+ services that communicate over the network, Lightstep provides the visibility to answer "which service is slow and why?" in seconds instead of hours.

What''s Included

  • $500 in Lightstep credits — distributed tracing, service maps, latency analysis, change intelligence, and alerting. OpenTelemetry native.

Key Features

  • Distributed tracing: Follow a request through every service, database query, and API call
  • Service maps: Visual representation of how services communicate and where bottlenecks exist
  • Change intelligence: Correlate performance changes with code deployments
  • Latency analysis: P50, P95, P99 latency breakdowns per service and endpoint
  • OpenTelemetry native: Full OTLP ingestion without vendor-specific instrumentation

Who Is This Deal For?

Early-Stage Startups

Seed and pre-seed companies looking to move fast without overspending on tools.

Growing SaaS Teams

Series A+ companies scaling their stack and optimizing software costs.

Solo Founders

Indie hackers and bootstrapped founders who need enterprise tools at startup prices.

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Startup running microservices

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about this startup deal.

Distributed tracing follows a single request through every service it touches — showing how long each service, database query, and external API call takes. When a request is slow, the trace shows exactly which component caused the latency.