“We don’t want our security engineers spending hours becoming wizards in Elastic, Logstash, and syslog-ing," says an Information Security Architect.
“With Cribl, they don’t have to, which frees up more time for our real jobs — security. That’s Cribl’s biggest ROI.”
If you're in the security space, there's a chance you've heard of Cribl. It lets you route logs, metrics, traces, and events all over the place.
With Cribl, you can multicast data for consistency and send lower-value data to less expensive storage. As one CISO put it, "Cribl helps us ensure we're getting the appropriate data, in the best format, where it needs to go."
But Cribl isn't the only option to manage telemetry data and pipelines. There's a new contender, called Datable, that does everything Cribl can—and more.
Both tools serve as amazing new breakthroughs in transforming data in the pipeline, one stands out as more affordable, with major advantages for both security and engineering.
The Best Cribl Alternative
Datable isn't just a more affordable Cribl clone.
Datable was created by Julian Giuca, a software engineer who spent 12 years at New Relic.
He built Datable to suit security operations, and account for all the other teams that might need data.
Fundamentally, here's how Datable and Cribl differ:
- Setup speed. Cribl is powerful, but Datable is up and running in 3 steps.
- Flexibility. Datable plays nice with OTel, supports JavaScript transformations, and routes anywhere. Other teams can create pipelines that won't disturb security data.
- No vendor lock-in. Datable doesn’t force you into an ecosystem, because Datable is truly vendor-agnostic. We want our customers to have the freedom to work like we do. So we've created a tool we're happy to use (and do)!
Last but not least, Datable speaks the wire protocols of popular tools like Datadog and others, right out of the box.
That means you can start routing data to these destinations with minimal configuration, saving you valuable time and resources.
Transforming Data in Pipelines
What most companies actually need is a way to easily explore, transform, and route their data without breaking the bank. —And that's precisely what Datable delivers.
With its intuitive pipeline builder, anyone in your organization can create sophisticated data workflows in minutes.
Datable created a no-code experience that allows anyone—PMs, SREs, BI—to transform, enrich, and route data with just a few clicks.
When SREs build pipelines with Datable, they can trust that their data is secure and will always end up where it needs to go.
When Product Managers create a pipeline, role-based access ensures that no one will modify their pipeline without permission.
You build the data pipeline you need to succeed. It’s that simple.
Try Datable At No Cost
By giving you complete control over your data pipelines, Datable lets you optimize costs and extract maximum value from your observability data.
"We've cut our observability spend by 50%, and our telemetry is more useful than ever,” said Paul Jones, VP of Engineering at Crystal.
Datable is building the best observability pipeline platform on the market. I'm confident that once you try it, you'll be hooked.
Of course, Cribl is a formidable competitor with a loyal following. A couple of years ago, they even got into a legal tussle with Splunk over alleged IP infringement.
While the details are murky, it's clear that Splunk saw Cribl as a serious threat to its bottom line. But competition is good for everyone. It drives innovation, and proves there’s serious value in tools like Cribl and Datable.
And with Datable now entering the fray, the observability pipeline landscape is about to get a whole lot more interesting.
If you're tired of paying for Cribl, or curious about what else is out there, give Datable a try.
With its unique event-centric approach and no-code pipeline builder, Datable might just become your go-to observability platform.
Try it today and see the difference for yourself.