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Application Performance Monitoring · Oxford

Application Performance Monitoring in Oxford

Instrumenting Oxford organisations' applications so slow and failing requests can be traced to a cause. The constraint nobody mentions at purchase is cost: these tools price on data volume, and a thorough instrumentation left unmanaged produces bills that arrive as a genuine shock.

Why this comes up

The problem

Users report the application being slow, the servers look healthy, and diagnosing it means adding logging and waiting for it to happen again.

What you get

What we deliver

  • Tracing across services, so a slow request can be followed to where the time went
  • Database queries surfaced, since these dominate most application slowness
  • Errors grouped and prioritised by how many users they affect
  • Sampling configured to keep cost proportionate to the value of the data
  • Attribute cardinality controlled, as unbounded values drive both cost and slowness
  • Alerts based on what users experience rather than on server-side averages

Want this scoped for your business in Oxford?

Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what application performance monitoring would actually involve — whether or not you use us.

Book a 30-minute call

Working in Oxford

South East

Oxford's economy runs on research and life sciences, and a lot of the work here starts with a research group or spin-out that needs a prototype turned into something other people can safely use.

Research groups and spin-outs needing a prototype turned into a supportable product make up most of the local demand.

Sectors we work with in Oxford

  • Research & Higher Education
  • Life Sciences
  • Publishing
  • Technology
  • Tourism

What we work with

Technologies and platforms

  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Grafana
  • Sentry

Who we work with

Industries we serve

  • Technology and SaaS
  • E-commerce
  • Financial services
  • Media and publishing
  • Logistics

Why us

Why Oxford businesses choose Asionis

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

How we work

  1. Step 1

    Free consultation

    A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.

  2. Step 2

    Proposal

    Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.

  3. Step 3

    Build

    Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

  4. Step 4

    Launch and support

    We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.

Application Performance Monitoring in Oxford — common questions

How does this differ from server monitoring?
It looks inside the application rather than at the machine. Infrastructure monitoring reports processor and memory; this reports which endpoint is slow, which query is responsible and which users are affected. Servers frequently look entirely healthy while the application is failing people.
Why do these tools get expensive?
Because pricing follows data volume, and instrumentation is easy to add. Full tracing on high-traffic services, verbose logging and high-cardinality attributes multiply quickly. Sampling and deliberate attribute choices keep the value while removing most of the cost.
What is the cardinality problem?
Attaching values with unlimited possibilities — user identifiers, request identifiers, full URLs — to metrics. Each distinct value creates a separate series, and a handful of such attributes can multiply storage enormously, degrading both the bill and the tool's performance.
Should we use an open standard?
Instrumenting with an open standard is generally worth it. It keeps the instrumentation independent of the vendor you send it to, so changing supplier becomes a configuration change rather than a re-instrumentation project. Given how much these tools cost, that optionality is valuable.
Do you work with businesses across Oxfordshire?
Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout South East, including Oxford and the surrounding Oxfordshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
What kind of Oxford businesses do you usually work with?
Research groups and spin-outs needing a prototype turned into a supportable product make up most of the local demand. Beyond that we work across Research & Higher Education, Life Sciences, Publishing, Technology and Tourism.
Do you cover the areas around Oxford?
Yes — we work throughout South East, including Reading, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, London. Oxford is an urban area of roughly 170,000+, and we take on work across the wider Oxfordshire region rather than the city boundary alone.

Talk to us about Application Performance Monitoring in Oxford

A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

Or reach us directly

07707 771599admin@asionis.com

Leicester, United Kingdom