The State of Observability 2023

We surveyed 1,750 observability practitioners,managers and experts to examine the state of observability — from the success of today to the ambitions of tomorrow. The brightest highlights: 

• Observability leaders are 7.9x as likely as beginners to say that their ROI on observability tools far exceeded expectations.
• An extraordinary 89% of leaders are completely confident in their ability to meet availability and performance requirements for their applications, 3.9x the rate of beginners
• Leaders are 4x as likely to resolve instances of unplanned downtime or serious service issues in just minutes, versus hours or days. 

Organizations that build a rich observability practice have more visibility into their interwoven environments, which translates into fewer outages, faster issue resolution, greater confidence in their apps’ reliability — and, ultimately, more revenue and happier customers. We’ll get into the nuances of what defines a leader and beginner later, but first, let’s look at the factors defining observability today.