The 2024 State of Observability report reveals that while observability offers early benefits—like identifying performance issues before users are impacted—most deployments remain immature. Cloud and cloud-native environments show the strongest returns, but major obstacles include data volume, cost, and integration challenges. Organizations often aim to integrate observability with existing monitoring tools for a more complete view, rather than replace them outright. Metrics remain the most valuable data type, and AIOps is key for noise reduction and automation. True ROI depends on modern architectures and better data management practices.

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