
Splunk → Microsoft Sentinel
A Splunk-to-Sentinel move only pays off if data volume changes on the way. What a lift-and-shift costs, and where the pipeline layer belongs.

A Splunk-to-Sentinel move only pays off if data volume changes on the way. What a lift-and-shift costs, and where the pipeline layer belongs.

Every backend cost lever acts on data you already transmitted. Where the spend is really decided, and why commitment tiers make it permanent.

What a Datadog exit actually takes: replace the Agent with OTel Collectors, dual-ship to compare signals, then cut the per-host and per-GB bill.

Tail vs head sampling in OpenTelemetry: always keep errors and slow traces, sample consistently by trace ID, and govern sample rates centrally.

A practical playbook to cut observability spend: measure per-route volume, filter noise at the edge, sample, and route before the invoice lands.