Imply and Cribl deliver a modern data architecture for observability from pipeline to query

BURLINGAME, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO — January 16, 2026 — Imply, the company behind Lumi, the modern data layer for observability, and Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, today announced a joint solution that delivers a modern data architecture for observability — augmenting existing observability platforms from pipeline to query.

Built on Cribl Stream at the ingest and routing layer and Imply Lumi at the query and storage layer, the combined solution gives organizations end-to-end control over observability data. Teams can filter, enright, route, store, and query far more logs, metrics, traces, and events while delivering fast, interactive search and lowering total observability costs — without disrupting existing tools or workflows.

Addressing the Limits of Legacy Observability Platforms

As telemetry volumes continue to grow, many organizations struggle to balance observability cost, retention, and performance. Legacy observability platforms were designed as vertically integrated systems, tying ingestion, storage, and query together often forcing teams to make trade-offs such as dropping data, shortening retention, or accepting slow investigations driven by rehydration delays and fragmented workflows. 

Together, Imply and Cribl address these challenges by modernizing the observability data layer, not by replacing existing tools.  By decoupling the observability stack, giving teams independent, granular control over how observability data is processed, retained, and accessed — while continuing to use the platforms and workflows they already rely on.

How the Imply and Cribl Architecture Works

Cribl Stream provides control at the pipeline layer, allowing teams to filter noise, enrich high-value data, and route observability data based on business value rather than platform constraints.

Imply Lumi ingests that data in real time stores it efficiently in a high-performance, decoupled data layer purpose-built for observability and security data.  As the modern data layer for observability, Lumi makes retained data instantly available for interactive, low-latency search and long-term analysis, while integrating seamlessly with the observability tools already use.

Together, Cribl and Imply decouple ingestion, storage, and query, allowing the observability data layer to scale independently based on cost, performance, and access needs without forcing changes to existing platforms or workflows.

Key Benefits for Observability and Security Teams

• Route and retain what matters most
  Filter, enrich, compress, and route data upstream with Cribl, then store and query it efficiently with Imply Lumi.

• Fast interactive search across all retained data
  Query live and historical data in place, without traditional rehydration delays or warm-up workflows.

• Integrates with existing observability stacks
  Works seamlessly with Kafka, Kinesis, Splunk, Grafana, and other common tools.

• Lower observability costs without workflow disruption
  Modernize the observability data layer without changing agents, rewriting dashboards, or retraining teams.

A Modern Data Foundation for Observability

By pairing pipeline-level control with a high-performance observability data layer, Imply and Cribl deliver a modern observability foundation that enhances existing observability platforms rather than replacing them.   Organizations gain the ability to retain more observability data, investigate issues faster, and reduce observability spend — without changing how teams work today.

About Imply

Imply is the company behind Lumi, the modern data layer for Observability, Security, and AI. Imply Lumi is an observability warehouse that helps organizations to keep more data, search it faster, and spend less, without changing their existing tools. Founded by the original creators of Apache Druid®, Imply delivers cloud-native infrastructure trusted by leading enterprises worldwide. Backed by a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Thoma Bravo, Imply is headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Learn more at Imply.io.

About Cribl

Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, empowers organizations to transform their data strategy for the AI era. Customers use Cribl’s vendor-agnostic solutions to analyze, collect, process, and route all IT and security data from any source or to any destination, delivering the choice, control, and flexibility required to adapt to their ever-changing needs. Cribl’s AI-powered product suite, which is used by Fortune 1000 companies globally, is purpose-built for IT and Security, including Cribl Stream, the industry’s leading observability pipeline; Cribl Edge, an intelligent vendor-neutral agent; Cribl Search, the industry’s first search-in-place solution; and, Cribl Lake and Lakehouse, turnkey open format storage solutions designed for telemetry volume and variety. Founded in 2018, Cribl is a remote-first workforce with an office in San Francisco, CA.