Last9 Recognized as Gartner Cool Vendor in AI for SRE and Observability
Last9, the provider of unified cloud-native observability at scale, has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor in AI for SRE and Observability. The recognition, announced on October 13, 2025, highlights Last9’s role in helping engineering teams manage the increasingly data-intensive, AI-driven landscape of modern software delivery. Gartner’s selection underscores Last9’s focus on delivering a programmable, cost-conscious observability stack that aligns with the needs of 24×7 global operations.
Why This Recognition Matters for AI-Forward Enterprises
Today’s AI-forward organizations deploy complex workloads across multi-cloud environments, generating vast streams of telemetry data. Observability must scale without bankrupting budgets or adding friction to development cycles. Last9 addresses these challenges with a dedicated observability control plane that integrates logs, metrics, traces, and more into a cohesive, approachable system. The platform is designed to handle more than 100 billion events per day, delivering transparent and predictable pricing that helps teams track only the events that matter.
A New Era for Observability: From Monitoring to Proactive Health
“The AI-native era marks a clear shift – from building applications to building data and intelligence systems,” stated Nishant Modak, Last9’s founder and CEO. He emphasized that Last9 sits at the heart of this transformation by providing the telemetry data plane required by modern, agentic systems. Traditional observability tools, originally built for narrow use cases like APM or log capture, struggle to meet today’s demands for cost efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
Last9’s approach focuses on eliminating opaque costs and complex configurations. Its platform unifies data across diverse sources, enabling per-user correlation across disparate datasets. This capability allows teams to surface root causes quickly, monitor customer experience continuously, and avoid the churn of cumbersome, proprietary toolchains.
Key Benefits for DevOps, SREs, and Platform Teams
• Flexible data plane: a scalable system that ingests logs, metrics, traces, and more with minimal friction for developers and operators alike.
• Per-user visibility: dashboards and analytics tuned for different stakeholders, from executives to site reliability engineers.
• Cost-aware observability: transparent pricing that supports tracking only the events that truly matter, preventing runaway data costs as workloads grow—including generative AI and machine learning pipelines.
• Agentic SRE SDK: programmable control over observability workflows, enabling reliable CI/CD practices and production-informed load testing. This shifts teams toward proactive reliability rather than reactive alerting.
<h2 Integrations and Ecosystem
With more than 150 integrations and native OpenTelemetry support, Last9 reduces vendor lock-in while maintaining compatibility with a broad ecosystem of frameworks, languages, and tools. An intuitive user interface provides tailored dashboards for multiple stakeholder groups, while API-driven access supports agentic AI applications and custom integrations. This ecosystem approach is essential for organizations seeking a unified view across complex, distributed architectures.
<h2 The Gartner Context and Last9’s Traction
Gartner’s Cool Vendor report, authored by Hassan Ennaciri, Uzair Amin, Chris Saunderson, and Daniel Betts, positions Last9 among a curated set of innovators delivering practical, forward-looking solutions in AI for SRE and Observability. The recognition aligns with Last9’s existing customer base, which includes AI-forward enterprises and Fortune 500 companies seeking scalable observability with predictable costs.
<h2 Looking Ahead: How Last9 Helps Teams Build Reliable, Data-Driven Systems
As engineering teams navigate the complexities of cloud-native deployments and AI workloads, Last9 provides a platform that makes reliability an embedded practice. By combining a powerful observability data plane with automation capabilities through its agentic SRE SDK, Last9 enables teams to move from reactive monitoring to proactive health management. This shift supports continuous delivery, better customer experiences, and more efficient use of data across the organization.
About Last9
Last9 delivers a unified observability platform designed for cloud-native engineering teams building large-scale applications. The company’s dedicated observability control plane unifies logs, metrics, traces, and more, with transparent pricing and a build-ready architecture. Headquartered in California, Last9 is backed by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India). For more information, visit https://last9.io/.
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