# What is an observability platform and when does a company need one?

Category: Observability. Intent: informational. Top brand: OpenTelemetry.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/prompt/what-is-an-observability-platform-and-when-does-a-company-l7rgt2qd7n · data of 2026-11-03

## Brands named

| Brand | Share of engines |
|---|---|
| Dynatrace | 67% |
| Elastic Observability | 33% |
| OpenTelemetry | 33% |
| Datadog | 33% |
| New Relic | 33% |
| Grafana | 33% |

## Sources

- dynatrace.com (3)
- atatus.com (1)
- cdw.com (1)
- cncf.io (1)
- datadoghq.com (1)
- gartner.com (1)
- grafana.com (1)
- hpe.com (1)
- newrelic.com (1)
- opentelemetry.io (1)
- paloaltonetworks.ca (1)
- paloaltonetworks.com (1)
- snowflake.com (1)
- suse.com (1)
- techtarget.com (1)

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “What is an observability platform and when does a company need one?”, https://slateindex.ai/prompt/what-is-an-observability-platform-and-when-does-a-company-l7rgt2qd7n, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).