Last9 charts metrics. Nova reads the chart and fixes the cause.
Last9 (Levitate) is a slick high-cardinality observability backend. Nova covers high-cardinality observability plus the rest of the SRE loop: agents, incidents, runbooks, and remediation.
Last9 specializes in high-cardinality metrics + traces with predictable pricing. Nova handles the same observability surface and adds the AI / incident / on-call loop.
| Capability | Nova AI Ops | Last9 |
|---|---|---|
| High-Cardinality Metrics | ✓ 10M+ metrics/sec, 50+ chart types | ✓ Levitate handles high-cardinality natively (signature feature) |
| OpenTelemetry Native | ✓ OTel-first | ✓ OTel-friendly, Prometheus-compatible |
| Distributed Tracing | ✓ Flame graphs, service maps, SLA alerts | ✓ OTel traces with smart sampling |
| Log Management | ✓ 1B+ events with AI anomaly detection | ~ Logs supported, less mature than metrics |
| AI Agents | ✓ 100+ specialized agents for detection, diagnosis, remediation, postmortems | ✗ No AI agents |
| Incident Management | ✓ Built-in incident lifecycle, war rooms, post-mortems | ✗ No incident lifecycle |
| Auto-Remediation | ✓ 78% incidents auto-resolved in <90s | ✗ No remediation |
| AI Runbooks | ✓ AI-generated runbooks with what-if simulation | ✗ No runbooks |
| On-Call Scheduling | ✓ Follow-the-sun, zero-gap scheduling | ✗ No on-call |
| Pricing | ✓ Per-user pricing, Basic tier, no per-host/per-GB overages | ✓ Predictable per-active-series |
| Setup Time | ✓ Under 3 minutes, one-command install | ✓ Prometheus-compatible, fast |
| Status Pages | ✓ Public status page + uptime SLA included | ✗ No status page |
Last9's pricing model is one of the cleanest in observability: per active series, no per-GB. Nova bundles the rest of the SRE loop into one per-user price.
Full platform: monitoring, incidents, AI agents, runbooks, on-call, logs, tracing, auto-remediation. Plans from $20/month. See pricing.
Per-active-series pricing solves the high-cardinality cost problem. No incident management, on-call, or remediation.
Last9 nails high-cardinality observability cost. The rest of the SRE loop still needs to come from somewhere. Nova consolidates it.
Last9 pricing varies by active series count. Last9 is a trademark of its respective owner. Nova AI Ops is not affiliated with or endorsed by Last9.
Last9 is loved for very specific reasons:
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