In this article, we are discussing how so similar-sounding terms like monitoring<\/a> and observability differ of Monitoring vs Observability<\/p>\n

How is monitoring different from observability?<\/p>\n

Bugs and errors are inevitable even with the most experienced developers and tools on the team. Finding and resolving these bugs is a major part of the development process. But the problem comes when customers find these bugs first. Because then they might give a bad \u2018public\u2019<\/em> review or worse, switch to a competitor never to return again.<\/p>\n

However, this unfortunate situation can be avoided if the developers find these bugs first and fix them before the customers face them. But how?<\/p>\n

Here comes monitoring and observability tools that help developers detect and fix errors and anomalies across the system. They may sound similar, but monitoring and observability are quite different based on their functionality and scope of work.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s first understand what is monitoring\u2026<\/p>\n