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Thanks. Here is a question about Gravwell, non-community edition: how much? I personally get really annoyed when I look at a tool or system that is possibly int

Thanks. Here is a question about Gravwell, non-community edition: how much? I personally get really annoyed when I look at a tool or system that is possibly interesting, depending on cost, and don't find a price on the site. I don't have time to go through the whole sales-spiel for every tool of interest, and just want to quickly filter on "now, maybe later, no way" and cost is key factor in making that determination. And usually, if the answer is "it depends" it typically means "it depends on how far we think we can push". So thanks, but before I download a trial, community edition, or sign up to become an honoured member of your sales-funnel, please, lets' not waste anybodies time, and let me know "how much".

eropple 8y ago
Agreed. This looks interesting, but I just do not have it in me to care about a company's sales funnel. The last time I put up with this kind of thing I was on an hour-long call with a HashiCorp sales guy who didn't have the answers to any questions but did want to tell me that support would be $25,000/year for 9x5 access (lol).
- cthuen 8y ago
  Shit, I know the frustration. This one's on me. I'm Corey, one of the co-founders. Pricing is a big "it depends" but average cost savings over Splunk are 30%. For starters, a single node Basic unlimited data license is $25k annually. Things obviously go up for larger enterprises that need bigger clusters but our pricing model is a step function rather than the bullshit "pay per GB" model that everyone else seems stuck on. Our view is, it's your hardware so use it. Every license is unlimited data. You only add more nodes if you need more phatty IOPs for fast searches - hence the it depends. Some people use it more like a black box and don't issue many searches so a single node with a shitload of storage is just fine. Others rely on active searching to monitor security incidents and KPIs so they want responsiveness and immediate insights.
  - eropple 8y ago
    Hey - no worries, and I appreciate the forthright (and detailed) response. I Show HN'd something the other day and got beat up a little too, I know how it goes. ;) I typically use AWS's built-in tools, but I've been looking for something for home, so I'll be checking this out. Thanks.
    - floren 8y ago
      Speaking of AWS, you may find our Kinesis stream integration useful: https://www.gravwell.io/blog/amazon-kinesis-streams-and-gravwell https://www.gravwell.io/blog/amazon-kinesis-streams-and-grav...
  - koolba 8y ago
    Website bug report: when visiting the trial request page[1] the header nav bar ("Home", "FAQ", etc) disappears. [1]: https://www.gravwell.io/local-trial-request https://www.gravwell.io/local-trial-request

eropple 8y ago

Agreed. This looks interesting, but I just do not have it in me to care about a company's sales funnel. The last time I put up with this kind of thing I was on an hour-long call with a HashiCorp sales guy who didn't have the answers to any questions but did want to tell me that support would be $25,000/year for 9x5 access (lol).

cthuen 8y ago
Shit, I know the frustration. This one's on me. I'm Corey, one of the co-founders. Pricing is a big "it depends" but average cost savings over Splunk are 30%. For starters, a single node Basic unlimited data license is $25k annually. Things obviously go up for larger enterprises that need bigger clusters but our pricing model is a step function rather than the bullshit "pay per GB" model that everyone else seems stuck on. Our view is, it's your hardware so use it. Every license is unlimited data. You only add more nodes if you need more phatty IOPs for fast searches - hence the it depends. Some people use it more like a black box and don't issue many searches so a single node with a shitload of storage is just fine. Others rely on active searching to monitor security incidents and KPIs so they want responsiveness and immediate insights.
- eropple 8y ago
  Hey - no worries, and I appreciate the forthright (and detailed) response. I Show HN'd something the other day and got beat up a little too, I know how it goes. ;) I typically use AWS's built-in tools, but I've been looking for something for home, so I'll be checking this out. Thanks.
  - floren 8y ago
    Speaking of AWS, you may find our Kinesis stream integration useful: https://www.gravwell.io/blog/amazon-kinesis-streams-and-gravwell https://www.gravwell.io/blog/amazon-kinesis-streams-and-grav...
- koolba 8y ago
  Website bug report: when visiting the trial request page[1] the header nav bar ("Home", "FAQ", etc) disappears. [1]: https://www.gravwell.io/local-trial-request https://www.gravwell.io/local-trial-request