Introducing Horux: Modern Monitoring Built for Developer Teams

The Problem: Tool Sprawl and Context Switching

Let's be honest: the modern monitoring stack has become fragmented.

We've all been there. You get a PagerDuty alert (Tool A). You jump into a dashboarding tool to see the spike in error rates (Tool B). Then you switch to a log aggregator to find the stack trace (Tool C). Finally, you check your cloud provider's console to see if the server itself is healthy (Tool D).

By the time you've correlated the timestamp from your metrics to your logs, you've lost valuable time. And that's assuming you managed to set up all the exporters, agents, and scrapers correctly in the first place.

Then there's the cost. Traditional monitoring tools often charge per host. In a world of auto-scaling microservices and serverless functions, being penalized for spinning up more instances feels backwards.

We built Horux because we wanted something different. A platform that consolidates your observability needs without the "enterprise" complexity.

What is Horux?

Horux is a modern monitoring and observability platform designed for teams who want comprehensive visibility in a single pane of glass. Named after the Egyptian god of observation, it unifies:

• Health Monitoring - Global HTTP/HTTPS checks, TCP monitors, and SSL certificate tracking
• Custom Metrics - High-performance metric ingestion with powerful aggregations
• Log Aggregation - Full-text search across all your logs, with support for distributed tracing
• Smart Alerts - Flexible alerting with multiple notification channels and escalation paths
• Cron Job Monitoring - Heartbeat verification for your background tasks

Powered by HQL

The secret sauce is the Horux Query Language (HQL). Instead of learning three different syntax languages for metrics, logs, and alerts, HQL provides a unified interface to query your entire system. Ask questions like "Show me the error logs for Service A during the time CPU usage was > 90%" without wrestling with complex joins.

Why We Built It

The team behind Horux has spent years running production systems at various scales. We learned that most teams don't need the infinite complexity of tools designed for Google-scale problems. They need:

1. Zero Maintenance - No managing your own Prometheus instances or rotating Elasticsearch indices.
2. Instant Correlation - See metrics and logs on the same timeline.
3. Predictable Pricing - Pay for the data you process, not the number of containers you run.
4. Developer Experience - A UI that feels like a modern IDE, not a spreadsheet from 2010.

How It's Different

Unified Context

The biggest friction in debugging is context switching. In Horux, your metrics and logs share the same context. When you zoom into a spike on a metric graph, your log view automatically filters to that exact time window and service. We connect the dots so you don't have to.

Simple, Usage-Based Pricing

We charge based on data ingested and stored. No per-seat licensing. No "per-host" fees that punish you for efficient auto-scaling. If you have 100 tiny microservices sending a small amount of data, you pay a small amount. Simple.

Built for the Developer Workflow

We're developers building for developers. We know you hate clicking through endless menus and fighting with clunky interfaces.

• Intuitive UI: A clean, modern interface designed to get you the information you need in as few clicks as possible.
• Dark Mode: A first-class citizen, because we know where you spend most of your time.
• Clean APIs & SDKs: Full-featured SDKs for Go, TypeScript, Python, and Java that feel native to your language and make integration a breeze.
• Comprehensive Docs: Documentation that focuses on real-world use cases, not just API references.

What's Next

We're currently in closed beta, working closely with early users to refine the experience.

We're actively working on:

• Public Status Pages - Turn your internal monitors into a public trust center with one click.
• Advanced Anomaly Detection - Let the platform find the "unknown unknowns" for you.
• Team Workflows - Enhanced audit logs, SSO, and granular role-based access control.
• More Integrations - OpenTelemetry support and deeper cloud provider integrations.

Try It Out

If you're tired of juggling multiple tools and paying "per-host" taxes, give Horux a try. We're offering extended trials for early users, and we'd love to hear your feedback.

Head over to horux.io/beta-access to request access, or check out our documentation to see what Horux can do.

Here's to sleeping better at night. 🌙

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Questions? Feedback? We're all ears. Reach out at contact@horux.io or join the conversation in our community Discord.