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PROS

Setup was straightforward with adequate support from Honeycomb.io's team.
Valuable features include queries for OpenTelemetry events and tracing.
Benefits efficiency, consistency, and proactive security management.
Particularly valuable for large, distributed development teams.
Proven scalability in large organizations.

CONS

Log scraping gets delayed on Honeycomb.io.
It sometimes gives false alerts to the application team.
Alerts can be based on static numbers, blocking generic alert creation.
Grit architecture may not become an alternative choice for code security.
Lagging behind in AI-compatible features.
 

Honeycomb Enterprise Pros review quotes

reviewer2151066 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 6, 2023
The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since we were getting enough support from Honeycomb.io's team.
Diego Gomes De Lima - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at SumUp
Aug 29, 2024
The solution's most valuable features are the queries for the OpenTelemetry events and all the tracing.
meetharoon - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 16, 2024
The approach offers significant benefits in terms of efficiency, consistency, and proactive security management, particularly valuable for organizations with large, distributed development teams.
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MV
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Feb 6, 2026
It's very scalable since we used it for a really big organization and it worked.
Nathan Jukes - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Invevo
Feb 8, 2026
Honeycomb Enterprise has positively impacted our organization by providing live alerts.
 

Honeycomb Enterprise Cons review quotes

reviewer2151066 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 6, 2023
The process of log scraping gets delayed on Honeycomb.io. At times, it gives false alerts to the application team.
Diego Gomes De Lima - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at SumUp
Aug 29, 2024
We can make alerts based on static numbers, which may block us from building alerts that could be generic enough or could be serviced.
meetharoon - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 16, 2024
The way Grit architecture is designed and how it works, it is and may not become an alternative choice of code security solutions.
Find out what your peers are saying about Honeycomb.io, Grafana Labs, Sentry and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. Updated: February 2026.
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MV
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Feb 6, 2026
However, the reason it's only five is because it's lagging behind in terms of AI-compatible features.
Nathan Jukes - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Invevo
Feb 8, 2026
I rate Honeycomb Enterprise a seven out of ten because I feel a lot of the journeys could be made cleaner.