Run identical queries in Metrics UI and via PROMQL ES|QL on BlueRiver seed — disprove the #1 Grafana objection in five minutes.
sum by (service.name) (rate(http.server.requests[5m]))
One platform for metrics, logs, traces later.
Managed OTLP seed — Last 24h in lab.
OOTB K8s/OTel dashboards + deployment.completed / error PromQL — speak DORA with Gartner CC scores (#1 DevOps, #1 SW Eng, #2 SRE).
DORA “velocity” language buyers report upward.
RED metrics SREs already monitor.
First meeting ready — Elastic #kubernetes proof.
Package consolidation economics, ingest control, and PromQL preservation in ~60 seconds for CFO + engineering champion.
Fewer vendors, predictable spend.
Pay for what drives alerts — extends TCO.
Engineers adopt — backend swap not behavior change.