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Lightrun Overview

What is Lightrun?

Named 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Lightrun builds an IDE-native observability & debugging platform that enables developers to securely add logs, metrics and traces to production and staging environments in real time, on demand. No hotfixes, redeployments or restarts required. Developers use Lightrun for multiple code-level observability needs, including: * Code-level alerts (Java, Node.js, Python, .NET) * Feature verification * Testing / debugging in production * Troubleshooting cloud native apps, Serverless, and more * Log optimization capabilities through a Log Optimizer(TM) By eliminating the need to reproduce bugs locally or issue a new software version for adding new logs or metrics to troubleshoot production issues, Lightrun's customers consistently reduce their MTTR by up to 50-60% and significantly improve development productivity. Issues that used to take 1-2 weeks to mitigate now take our customers on average less than an hour to solve. Lightrun empowers our customers' developers by eliminating the need for costly developer lifecycle operations like reproducing locally, or issuing a new software version just for adding new logs or metrics. Our customers, running petabyte-scale workloads with QPS in the high 100Ks across thousands of production servers, include companies that reach 44.5% of the internet's population and major, publicly-traded cybersecurity companies.

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Product Description

Powerful Production Debugger - securely add logs, performance metrics and traces to production and staging in real time


Seller Details
Seller
Lightrun
Year Founded
2019
HQ Location
Tel Aviv, IL
Twitter
@Lightruntech
269 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
91 employees on LinkedIn®

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Lightrun: A tool for Development Observability"
It's really useful for diagnosis in higher environments, the usage of logs allows us to verify if a request is reaching a certain part without manu...
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shanir f.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Helped me with debugging my environment production"
The ability, to do snapshot during a run
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A must have tool that saved hours of debugging!"
The tool can help find bugs and to capture a real time picture of variables in a production enviroment in a very easy manner. Very simple to enabl...

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Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
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What do you like best about Lightrun?

Using Lightrun has completely changed how I approach debugging. The live debugging feature is a game-changer! Making tweaks to my code in real time without the hassle of redeployment has saved me countless hours of frustration. It's made my debugging process incredibly efficient and straightforward. I highly recommend Lightrun to any developer looking for a seamless debugging experience! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

No Go / Ruby support, and it's a shame that the metrics don't work in Node. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lightrun's real-time code insights without redeployment are a game-changer for me. It's a time-saver, letting me make live code changes and giving instant application insights, making my development process incredibly smooth! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

Ease of use, very similar to setting a breakpoint locally using your IDE.

Care is taken to not break things accidentally on production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

Support for certain langauges and platforms are pending (for e.g. Golang) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing us to debug unique issues on production (and other environments) without needing to painstakingly replicate the setup on local. This saves a lot fo time and improves our MTTR (Mean TIme To Resolution) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

1. Easy integration with IDE

2. The ability to add logs and metrics without redeployment

3. Support for Multiple Languages like Java and Python

4. Quick customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

Extensions can be bit better with minor UI fixes and elaborated error details Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

increase development velocity without compromising quality and performance of the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
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What do you like best about Lightrun?

The user interface is intuitive and user-friendly

The ability to insert logs on-the-fly without redeploying or restarting has saved us countless hours

Minimize disruption to our workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

integration with certain frameworks or languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

in log monitoring, Lightrun revolutionizes our approach by offering real-time insights into our codebase. It allows us to insert logs dynamically without restarting or redeploying applications.

Lightrun seamlessly integrates into our development environments, enhancing our Python debugging capabilities. The tool's live debugging features empower us to conduct on-the-fly inspections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

We've been testing this product for several weeks now and it is being loved by our developers. It helps productivity by allowing better debugging on our code base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

So fae, can't find negative points. The team is helpful with every issue we face Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing faster and better production debugging capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

Lightrun’s platform allows my developers to connect to the live app deployments and troubleshoot complex issues and outages directly from their VSCode IDE and by that we’re always quick to respond to defects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

Support for additional languages and IDEs would always be nice but for the most part it covers my needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

investigating and debugging stuff in production Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

Does great for tracking and troubleshooting. Also - very good post sales team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

I am still new with the tool so I can say only good things for the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's very convenient to work with the tool and its snapshots. It helps track the current state and this helps focusing on the issue and resolving it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Backend Team Lead
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What do you like best about Lightrun?

Lightrun live debugging is magic. It's so easy to troubleshoot bugs with it. And I can do that without leaving my favorite VSCode. Also it's very simple to start off, it takes couple of lines in our node.js code to set it up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

No downsides, this is very robust solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bugs in legacy parts of the application where we don't have much logs are hard to debug without it. Lightrun helps viewing the state at any line easily and save tons of time. Without it we would have deployed new versions in several iterations, which is very slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

1) Helps to easily troubleshoot remote and distributed apps in production and it saves several hours/ days to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues.

2) Since it is part of the IDE it makes our developers lives easy to use during development as well as debugging workflows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

Provide more online tutorials and guides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy to troubleshoot problems and the fact that it is integrated within the IDE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightrun?

The way we connect to the customer in production mode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

The account login can be easier and maybe approve the UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you?

Production bugs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.