--- title: Lightrun Reviews meta\_title: 'Lightrun Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 67 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Lightrun works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.8 review\_count: 67 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: DevOps url: https://www.g2.com/categories/devops --- # Lightrun Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Lightrun but has limited features. Are you part of the Lightrun team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! 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. * * * Seller [Lightrun](https://www.g2.com/sellers/lightrun) Discussions [Lightrun Community](https://www.g2.com/products/lightrun-lightrun/discuss) Languages Supported English, Hebrew, Russian Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Or Maimon Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightrun-lightrun/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Dynatrace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dynatrace") Dynatrace 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dynatrace/reviews) [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![New Relic](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "New Relic") New Relic 4.4/5(586) ](https://www.g2.com/products/new-relic/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightrun-lightrun/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 67 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Program Development](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Program Development") UP Verified User in Program Development Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/18/2025 "Amazing product saved the customer two months of waiting" 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? Lightrun is a debugging system that runs directly on the client’s server, with no intervention needed from the client — all in real time! It’s an amazing product, especially for understanding the flow in production using real client data. It makes finding bugs much easier and faster, and because everything happens in real time, it’s incredibly convenient for everyday use. The snapshots are extremely helpful — I can see the data at each step of execution, which makes it much easier to understand what’s happening in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? Sometimes I run into “out of scope” issues when adding a debugging condition, and I don’t always understand why. It can be frustrating in the moment, but the Lightrun support team responds so quickly that I can just reach out and get an answer right away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? I used Lightrun to identify a NullPointerException. At first, I only knew the general area where it was thrown, but not the exact cause. By using Lightrun snapshots, I was able to narrow it down to the specific line where the exception occurred and inspect the object’s state. This revealed that the issue was caused by broken data in the environment. After fixing the data, the custemer was able to work normally again, without needing to wait for a future release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ranjit S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ranjit S.") RS Ranjit S. 1/14/2026 "Effortless Production Debugging with Root Cause Precision" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? I like how Lightrun helps compare two values, which is crucial for debugging and solving production issues effortlessly. The ability to trace step by step and pinpoint the exact root cause of production data issues is invaluable. Additionally, the initial setup of Lightrun is easy, which is a big plus for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? Nothing everything looks good and solve our production debugging problem with more features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Lightrun for production debugging, tracing step by step to debug production issues and find the exact root cause. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ankush R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ankush R.") AR Ankush R. 1/14/2026 "Efficient Debugging with Snapshot Insights" 4/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? I use Lightrun for debugging and metrics, and I really like the snapshot feature and method duration. These features help me find specific values during debugging which is quite useful. The initial setup of Lightrun was quite easy for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? P955/P99 metrics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Lightrun for debugging and metrics, finding specific values during debugging and checking method duration using its snapshot feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Roi B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Roi B.") RB Roi B. R&D Team Leader at Migdal Group Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/13/2024 "Lightrun's Real-time Debugging: Changing the Game for Developers" 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? Lightrun is an outstanding product. it's really true helping developers debug in real time. no need to deploy patches with log prints, just use Lightrun and see exactly what happened and what need to be fixedץ Another advantage is their customer support which is very responsive. It is very easy and intiutive to use Lightrun. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? The only "complaint" I have is lack of support of more IDE's like ecplise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? Using Lightrun saves a lot of development and production investigation time. We are using Lightrun during our development phase and to investigate production issues. Instead of deploying a spcieal version with logs to see what happened (and then redploy without the logs), we just use Lightrun. With a few clicks in the IDE we can see a snapshot of the code in the corresponding environment and see what is wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/4/2025 "Lightrun: A tool for Development Observability" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? 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 manually adding logs to the code and re-deploying the application which used to take a lot of time. Implementing it in the codebase is really straightforward for most agents and the support from the Lightrun team has been great. Its a really good tool for daily debugging tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? The plugins and agents are still a work in progress, there a many bugs related to them and the integration with certain agents like NodeJS have proven problematic and limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm able to create new logs without redeploying my application everytime, also i can see information from higher environments without connecting my local environment to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") UI Verified User in Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/14/2025 "A must have tool that saved hours of debugging!" 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? 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 enable Lightrun on services. The tool is easy to use and Lightrun have a great support team. I used this tool every day and it helps me a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? Sometimes features are limitied because snapshots can affect the app performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? The main benefit of the tool is finding bugs and have a glossary of your real time data in a very easy and simple way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![shanir f.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "shanir f.") SF shanir f. Backend Developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/3/2025 "Helped me with debugging my environment production" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? The ability, to do snapshot during a run Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? The disability to evaluate different expressions while taking a snapshot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows me to track bugs and issues in production without needing to release a new version each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Industrial Automation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Industrial Automation") UI Verified User in Industrial Automation Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/9/2024 "Great tool to debug issues on the fly" 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? As an SRE we predominantly work on customer issues related to our product, lightrun became the go-to tool now whenever we require to debug more on our application behavior. It is a small yet powerful tool that can help debug multiple corner cases with its logging capability. With Lightrun, we have debugged and resolved multiple issues on the fly. This will reduce lot of our headaches and hassle - "Code re-work --\> Re-test --\> Re-deploy and Re-execution of services" which we usually do just to debug one customer issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? Nothing much to dislike about it, just if theme changes are supported in UI it would be better and refreshing. The individual taste will vary with users I am fine with the current one as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? As an SRE we predominantly work on customer issues related to our product, lightrun became the go-to tool now whenever we require to debug more on our application behavior. It is a small yet powerful tool that can help debug multiple corner cases with its logging capability. With Lightrun, we have debugged and resolved multiple issues on the fly. This will reduce lot of our headaches and hassle - "Code re-work --\> Re-test --\> Re-deploy and Re-execution of services" which we usually do just to debug one customer issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/3/2024 "Lithrun helps you solve bugs when you think you've hit a dead end." 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? I like that it is very easy to use, just connect to the right agent and the party is on! The snapshot feature is incredible and helps you understand what exactly happened during your code execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? That you must verify that your file is identical to the one that running in your agent server. Even the slight change might affect the results of your snapshot and log, or even whether or not they will be hit. Maybe this could be change if it will be enough just to verify that the function you are iterested in will be identical to the one that is in the agent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? It especialy helpful in bugs that are being reproduced only in SQA servers, bugs that can not be reproduced and debugged on your local envrionment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic MS Manish S. Pre-Sales Developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/22/2024 "Lightrun helped me when we were doing a core upgrade and I had to debug something in production" 5/5 What do you like best about Lightrun? How easy it is to implement lightrun and use it. Everything was accessible from my ideaj. Amazing Ease of Integration and Customer Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Lightrun? The amount of information a snapshot it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Lightrun solving and how is that benefiting you? Lightrun helped me with a Kafka bug we had in our production environment and they was no way other than this to find the problem out and fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Lightrun? 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