TraceKit - Full-stack APM without the enterprise price
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Distributed tracing, metrics, health monitoring, and alerts - plus live breakpoints to debug production without redeploying. Built on OpenTelemetry. Setup in 2 minutes. Free tier included.
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I'm Terry, founder of TraceKit. I built this because small teams deserve real APM without the enterprise price tag.
The problem:
Datadog, New Relic, and Dynatrace are amazing - but they cost $500+/month. That's not realistic for indie hackers, small startups, or side projects. So most of us end up flying blind in production.
The solution:
TraceKit is full-stack APM at 1/10th the cost. You get everything you need: distributed tracing, metrics, health monitoring, and alerts. Plus something the big players don't offer at affordable tiers - live breakpoints to debug production without redeploying.
What you get:
š Distributed tracing - see full request journey across services
š Metrics & health monitoring - know when things break
š“ Live breakpoints - capture variable state in production, no redeploy
š¤ Anomaly detection - get alerted before users notice
š¦ Embeddable widgets - show status on your own site
ā” 2-minute setup - tested with 20+ developers
š° $29/month - free for student and products without revenue
What developers are saying:
"At $29/month, it's much simpler than Datadog for what we need, without feeling stripped down." - Adil Ali, Fullstack Developer
"Getting started was close to the advertised 2-minute setup. What stood out was how quickly the first trace appeared." - Fantahun Fekadu, Senior Backend Engineer
Built on OpenTelemetry - no vendor lock-in. Supports PHP, Laravel, Node.js/Express/NestJS, Go, Python, GemVC and React Native.
I'd love your feedback! What features would make TraceKit essential for your stack?
š Try it free: https://tracekit.dev
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I tested TraceKit last week - setup took 2 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately.
Thank you so much TraceKit.
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I tested TraceKit on Laravel and got everything running in about 20 minutes. Once config caching was cleared, traces showed up correctly in the dashboard. Nice lightweight tool for production debugging and monitoring. Highly recommended.
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I tested TraceKit last week - setup took no more than 10 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately.
Highly recommend.
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I tested TraceKit last week - setup took 20 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately. Its provides complete endpoint monitoring with good visuals.
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I tested TraceKit last week, setup was very easy and straightforward, and it only took a few minutes. I was able to see traces immediately. The runtime inspection feature is especially good and very useful
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I tested Tracekit on NodeJs project, the setup was within a minute. I love the logs especially the api requests log with tips on how best to optimize endpoint. I recommend Tracekit
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Personally tested TraceKit on react a few weeks ago and it barely took any time to set it up, Saw traces quite fast aswell, i would highly recommend it personally
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I tested TraceKit last week - setup took 2 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately.
Thank you so much TraceKit.
I tested TraceKit on Laravel and got everything running in about 20 minutes. Once config caching was cleared, traces showed up correctly in the dashboard. Nice lightweight tool for production debugging and monitoring. Highly recommended.
I tested TraceKit last week - setup took no more than 10 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately.
Highly recommend.
I tested TraceKit last week - setup took 20 minutes and I was seeing traces immediately. Its provides complete endpoint monitoring with good visuals.
I tested TraceKit last week, setup was very easy and straightforward, and it only took a few minutes. I was able to see traces immediately. The runtime inspection feature is especially good and very useful
I tested Tracekit on NodeJs project, the setup was within a minute. I love the logs especially the api requests log with tips on how best to optimize endpoint. I recommend Tracekit
Personally tested TraceKit on react a few weeks ago and it barely took any time to set it up, Saw traces quite fast aswell, i would highly recommend it personally