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For the CTO and the head of product

API monitoring as a service: latency, errors and load, endpoint by endpoint Your API responds well on average. Do you know which endpoint to optimize first?

We log every call to your API, with who made it, from which screen and how long it took, and you see it in your own dashboard. The data stays in your system.

You get seven monitoring screens in your dashboard and the log of every call. The scope and the setup timeline are in writing before we start.

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Who it is for

  • You are about to grow in users and don't know which endpoint will fail first
  • Your customers notice slowness and the average says everything is fine
  • You don't want your call data going to a third party

You don't need it if your API has little traffic or you already measure each endpoint with its percentiles.

Optimizing blind means optimizing what doesn't hurt

Without measuring every call, the endpoint (each address of the API) that gets optimized is the one someone suspects. With real users, one endpoint takes seconds on one call in a hundred, a screen requests the same thing twice and the average keeps saying everything is fine. With the measurement in front of you, you see which one is slow, which screen calls it and how many people it affects.

What we measure when we monitor your API

  • Volume, latency and errors for each endpoint
  • p50, p95 and p99 percentiles over time
  • Failures separated from rejections, code by code
  • Which screens use the API most and with which endpoints
  • Devices, browsers, app versions and countries
  • Who is connected right now
  • Server and client exceptions, with their trace

How it works

  1. Meeting and written scope

    In 30 minutes we look at what your API is built with and where you want to store the data. Then you get the scope and the setup timeline in writing.

  2. Installation in your system

    The capture is installed in your own API and stores the log in your Elasticsearch. Passwords, tokens, emails and locations are masked before they are stored.

  3. Dashboard and periodic review

    You see the seven screens in your dashboard, next to the rest of your console. We review with you, periodically, which endpoint to optimize first.

What we need from you

  • An API in FastAPI, or adapting the capture for Node, Django or Spring
  • An Elasticsearch of your own to store the log
  • A message queue, if you already have one

How we work

What you get

  1. Log of every call, in your own Elasticsearch
  2. Seven monitoring screens in your dashboard
  3. Periodic review of which endpoint to optimize first
  4. One-page executive summary for leadership

How a finding arrives

Priority: High

Endpoint fast on average and slow at p99

Where
Process list in the internal dashboard
Evidence
Median of 0.8 s and p99 of 20.7 s over one week
Impact
One request in a hundred waits more than 20 seconds

An example of the report format, not a client's.

Shall we talk about your case?

A 30-minute meeting to see what you have and what to review first.

Book a free meeting

Expert review, automated tool or the AI itself

All three are useful, each for one thing. AI brings the volume and people bring the judgment: that is why our review uses an automated AI tool and senior developers supervise it.

See the full comparison

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Who reviews

The review is done by a team of senior developers, with many hours of development and of finding the mistakes AI makes when it codes. We know more than 1,200 review points. The automated AI tool goes through them, and people verify, direct and review.

Team of senior developers

José María Salido, founder of Sondeon, answers for it

  • AI brings the volume: it goes through the known review points
  • People bring the judgment: they verify every finding before it goes into the report
  • The result is explained in a meeting with your team
Who answers for it: José María Salido, on LinkedIn

Frequently asked questions

What is API monitoring?

It is measuring every call your API receives: how long it takes, what it answers and who makes it, to see where the time goes and what fails before a customer notices.

What are p95 and p99 latency?

They are percentiles: p95 is the time that 95% of calls stay under, and p99 is the same for 99%. They show the slow calls the average hides: an endpoint can be fast on average and keep one call in a hundred waiting for seconds.

Which tech stacks does API monitoring work with?

A Python API built with FastAPI takes it as is; for Node, Django or Spring the capture is adapted. You need Elasticsearch, and a message queue if you already have one.

Does it affect my API's performance, and does my data go to a third party?

It does not affect the response: the log entry is built after the response is sent, on another thread, and travels through a queue. The data is stored in your own Elasticsearch, so nothing goes to a third party.

Who optimizes the slow endpoints?

Monitoring tells you which one to optimize first and why, with the measurement in front of you. The fix is separate and only if you ask: your team does it, or we do if you ask us to.

How much does API monitoring cost, and does it replace an API audit?

The 30-minute meeting is free. The rest depends on how many APIs are included and on their call volume, and it is settled in writing. It does not replace one: it is a continuous health check that repeats on every call what an API audit would look at, with percentiles and a periodic review of what to optimize first.

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  • Public website review

    Your website's performance, visibility in search engines and in AI assistants (SEO and GEO), accessibility and security, measured on the real page.

  • Backend and API review

    The server side behind your app or your website: what the API exposes, what it protects, what headers it serves and what ends up in its logs.

  • Database review

    PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch and RabbitMQ, in read-only mode: structure, indexes, slow queries, locks and connections.

  • Deployment server review

    The server your system will run on, reviewed before you go live: who has access, what runs on it and which limits break as you grow.

  • Infrastructure monitoring

    The Linux machines your system runs on, measured every few seconds, so you see a full disk or a stopped container before your users do.

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