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Lightrun Reviews & Product Details

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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Lightrun

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Languages Supported

English, Hebrew, Russian

Product Description

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

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Lightrun Demo - Lightrun Dynamic Observability Platform

Add dynamic logs, snapshots and metrics at runtime directly from your IDE (Java, Python, .NET and Node.JS)

Lightrun Demo - Lightrun Supported Integrations

Lightrun seamlessly integrates with leading APM, Logging and observability platforms to provide a complete observability solution for our customers.

Lightrun observability platforms enables developers to capture key metrics such as code block execution duration, method execution duration, and other code anomalies at runtime from the IDE to allow faster troubleshooting of critical incidents

Lightrun Demo - Lightrun GenAI Autonomous Debugger

Lightrun introduced the first in the market GenAI debugger allowing to seamlessly troubleshoot incidents E2E from the ticket throughout the IDE and the source code.

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Sharon B.

backend developer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/16/2023

"Very Helpful for debug in production env"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lightrun?

We have been using Lightrun for several years now and the tool is a tremendous time saver. it is almost as good as running IDE debugger attached to production env. The ability to print log conditionally is especailly useful.

Also, the guys over at Lightrun are very responsive for questions and comments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

the compiler that Lighgtrun uses is not as powerful as the one from the JDK so you need to learn its eccentricities. for example, it does not do autoboxing so you cannot compare Integer object to number literal like you would do in your source code. you have to explicitly convert the object to primitive value (intValue())

The guys at Lightrun have improved the user experience of the tool with every new release, and there is still way to go. there are little QoL improvements that can help in picking tags of server instances, managing multiuple log files and snapahots.

Also, I can see many places where AI would be very helpful: creating log condiitons and expressions, duplicating log msgs, "linking" log msgs at begining and exit of method, auto expiration of logs and snapshots ... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We devs all have encountered cases where an error is only reproducible in production. For example, integration with an external system that requires credentials of user that are (of course) unavailable. So I examine production log files and I can identify the area where the cause of the error might reside, but I need more data than is presented in the log files. sometimes I need to understand how a specific if statement is resolved or what is the data that was just fetched from DB.

in the past, we had to fork master branch, add the necessary log msgs and deploy to a separate production env and recreate the error. this was an iterative process that was very time consuming and error prone.

with Lightrun, I can add log msgs and snapshots of data structures on-the-fly. We have also used lightrun to do performance testing on env that is replica of production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amir R.

Sr. Director, Product Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/21/2023

"Excellent and cost efficient observability solution for developers"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lightrun?

Lightrun enables me to debug my distributed app on AWS EKS during runtime from my IDE

With lightrun I can troubleshoot my application directly from my development environment and reduce my MTTR so I can advance with my development activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightrun?

Nothing to dislike. Just continue to grow and add great features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/19/2023

"One of the best debugging tools I’ve ever tried"

5/5

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.

Suvish T.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/12/2023

"Debugging on production without risk"

5/5

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.

Guruswamy B.

Principal Technical Account Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/24/2023

"Friendly Dev Environment: Loved Every feature offered"

5/5

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.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/17/2023

"Lightrun has been an invaluable addition to my toolkit"

5/5

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.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/5/2023

"A very good debugging tool"

5/5

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.

Shani S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/23/2023

"Lightrun significantly reduced our MTTR"

5/5

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.

Nato V.

Solution engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/9/2023

"Great for troubleshooting and review"

5/5

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.

Pavel B.

Backend Team Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/1/2023

"Backend Team Lead"

5/5

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.