Stackdriver

Google Stackdriver
Website type
Systems management
Area servedWorldwise
OwnerGoogle
Websitecloud.google.com/stackdriver
CommercialYes (Terms of Service)
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedMay 1, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-05-01)
Current statusRebranded

Google Stackdriver was a cloud computing systems management service offered by Google. It provided performance and diagnostics data, including monitoring, logging, tracing, error reporting, and alerting, to public cloud users. Stackdriver supported both Google Cloud and AWS environments.

History

Stackdriver was founded in 2012 by Dan Belcher and Izzy Azeri and secured US$5 million in funding from Bain Capital Ventures.

A beta version of the product became publicly available on April 30, 2013. The company had 15 employees and aimed to provide consistent monitoring across multiple layers of cloud infrastructure through its software-as-a-service platform.

In May 2014, Stackdriver was acquired by Google. In October 2016, Google launched an expanded version of the product as Google Stackdriver, adding support for log analysis, hybrid cloud environments, and deeper integration with Google Cloud.

In February 2020, Google retired the Stackdriver brand and announced a transition to suite of products within Google Cloud Console. In August 2020, Google referred to the product family as the Google Cloud Operations Suite.

By 2025, Google had begun using the name Google Cloud Observability.

References

  1. 1 2 Morgan, Timothy Prickett (2 May 2013). "Stackdriver fluffs up cloudy management tool". The Register. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Alspach, Kyle (21 September 2012). "VMware vets launch Stackdriver, raise $5M from Bain Capital Ventures". The Business Journals. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (7 May 2014). "Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Service Stackdriver". TechCrunch. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Google Stackdriver is now generally available for hybrid cloud monitoring, logging and diagnostics". Google Cloud Blog. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cloud operations grows with monitoring, logging, more". Google Cloud Blog. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Cloud Operations suite gets 21 new features". Google Cloud Blog. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "OpenTelemetry now in Google Cloud Observability". Google Cloud Blog. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.