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AWS. The logging and metrics capabilities in AWS have been maturing for years and while not as polished as other options, come with far less drama and expense. There are a few good service alternatives and approaches to consider. I prefer streaming logs to S3 via Firehose and putting a thin reverse index over the top. That said, CloudWatch logs are pretty good these days, and with retention rules in place can be affordable. CloudWatch metrics aren’t as pretty as DataDog et. al. but avoiding their smelly business is worth the plain looks to me (all day long).