Lightweight K8s Observability for
Startups & Scale Ups

Deploy a DaemonSet and get out of the box pre-configured dashboards with application and infrastructure logs, metrics, and traces in minutes. All stored securly in your cloud.

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85%

Reduction in on call time and MTTR 

20X

Faster root cause investigation

70%

Reduction in observability cost and overhead

Streamline issue resolution

Resolve issues faster with granular and contextualized insights

Get application logs, metrics, and traces fully correlated with Kubernetes metrics, events, and deployment changes. Access full trace payloads, including request body, headers, and code-level insights to pinpoint what broke, where, why, and who can fix it, all in a single focused view.

Deploy on any K8s environment
Application

Trace every API call, DB request, message queue.

Kerno uses eBPF to automatically capture granular application data down to the payload level across any tech stack

K8s Infrastructure

Monitor and analyze every K8 resources to detect bottlenecks

Get full visibility into your Kubernetes nodes, pods and containers, with correlated metrics, events, and logs

Changes

Correlate deployments and config changes with issues

Get the full picture when something breaks with full visibility into new deployments and configuration changes

Alerts

Reduce noise with granular context rich alerts

Use a visual interface to set service and infra alerts in minutes and route them to the right team

Service Maps

Explore your system visually to spot and debug bottlenecks

Get out of the box granular service maps so you can drill into individual requests and payloads to investigate problems visually

Custom Dashboards

Build custom Grafana Dashboards in a few clicks

Connect Kerno Grafana in a few clicks to build custom dashboards that fit your specific needs.

Integrate with Jira or Linear

Link issues to Jira or Linear and keep status updates in sync, so your team can track progress and close the loop without switching tools.

Integrate with Slack

Send alerts to the right people and keep conversations synced between Slack and Kerno, ensuring your team stays in the loop on issues.
Built on Solid Foundations

Plug and play for any scale

Kerno is engineered to be lightweight, secure and cost effective to run at any scale.

Keep your sensitive data and code inside your enviorment

Kerno stores all sensitive system data that might contain PII information securely inside your cloud.

Keep operational footprint low at any scale

Kerno runs in isolation with zero impact on application latency and minimal CPU and memory overhead, even at scale.

Collect and store only what matters without missing anything

Kerno leverages smart sampling algorithms to store only a fraction of system data to minimize cost while providing a full picture.

Keep cost low with an object storage optimized architecture

Kerno leverages cost-efficient object storage to minimize total ownership costs while ensuring performance and reliability.

Built on open standard to ensure interoperability

Kerno adopts OpenTelemetry and Prometheus data formats so you can easily integrate it with your existing ecosystems.
Pricing

Simple, Transparent and Predicatable Pricing You Can Trust

CORE

Free Forever

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PRO

$20/Per Node/Per month

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Frequently Asked Questions

Got more questions? Drop us a message in our community Slack — we’re happy to help.

Does Kerno support my programming language?
How does Kerno calculate the number of nodes I pay for each month?
What Protocols are supported?
Where does Kerno store my sensitive data?