Lightrun

Developer-Native Observability.

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Overview

Lightrun is a developer-native observability platform that enables developers to securely add logs, performance metrics, and traces to production and staging environments in real time, on demand. This allows for deep, code-level insights into running applications without the need for code changes, redeployments, or restarts. Lightrun helps developers understand complex systems, debug issues faster, and reduce the mean time to resolution (MTTR).

✨ Key Features

  • Dynamic Logs (Lightrun Logs)
  • Dynamic Snapshots (Virtual Breakpoints)
  • Dynamic Metrics
  • IDE and CLI integration
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Security and PII redaction

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Developer-native workflow within the IDE
  • Ability to add logs, metrics, and snapshots without redeploying
  • Strong focus on security and data privacy

Unique Value: Lightrun gives developers the power to understand their running code in real time, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming redeployments for debugging.

🎯 Use Cases (5)

Production debugging Troubleshooting issues in staging and development environments Understanding code behavior in live applications Performance analysis of specific code blocks Validating new features in production

✅ Best For

  • Adding detailed logging to production applications on-the-fly
  • Capturing the state of an application at a specific line of code without pausing it

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Long-term metric storage and trend analysis
  • Full-stack application performance monitoring (APM)

🏆 Alternatives

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Lightrun provides a more developer-centric and less intrusive way to gain deep insights into live applications compared to traditional logging and debugging methods.

💻 Platforms

Web Desktop (via IDE plugins) API

🔌 Integrations

IntelliJ IDEA VS Code PyCharm Datadog Prometheus Grafana Slack

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ SOC 2 ✓ HIPAA ✓ BAA Available ✓ GDPR ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SSO ✓ SOC 2 Type II ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ HIPAA ✓ GDPR

💰 Pricing

$249.00/mo
Free Tier Available

✓ 14-day free trial

Free tier: For individuals, up to 3 agents.

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