Chronosphere (Palo Alto Networks)

Overview

Chronosphere sells two products: an observability platform for metrics, events, traces, logs and SLOs, and a telemetry pipeline built by the creators of Fluent Bit^[11]. Palo Alto Networks announced on 29 January 2026 that it had completed the acquisition; the release says Chronosphere’s pipeline cuts data volumes by at least 30%, that Chronosphere was a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms, and that co-founder Martin Mao joined Palo Alto Networks as SVP and GM of Observability^[12]. Financial terms were not stated in the filing^[12].

The Chronosphere site now says the product “is now Cortex XCOR by Palo Alto Networks”^[11], and Palo Alto plans to integrate it with Cortex AgentiX while keeping the telemetry pipeline available as a standalone product^[12]. Chronosphere’s positioning is cost control: its control plane lets teams aggregate or drop low-value metrics before they are stored. No prices are published. Buyers should note that the product is being folded into a security vendor’s platform, which may change packaging and roadmap.

What Chronosphere (Palo Alto Networks) does

• Metrics, traces, logs and events platform
• Telemetry Pipeline from Fluent Bit creators
• Control plane to shape and drop low-value data
• Prometheus and OpenTelemetry compatible
• SLO management

Chronosphere (Palo Alto Networks) pricing

Quote-based; no prices published.

Chronosphere (Palo Alto Networks) strengths and limitations

Appears in

• Best Observability Tools in 2026 #8

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